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10
THE ALSTONS and ALLSTONS
OF
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
COMPILED FROM
English, Colonial and Family Records
WITH
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES
NOTES OF SOME ALLIED FAMILIES
JOSEPH A. GROVES, M. D.
SELMA, ALA.
Atlanta, Ga.
The Franklin Printing and Publishing Compan\
Geo. W. Harrison, (State Printer) Mgr.
1901
THE LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS,
TWO Co.Ef KtCEIVED
NOV. 3 1902
COPVPIOHT ENTRY
CLASS ^-XXC NO
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Copyrighted, 1902, by
JOSEPH A. GROVES,
Selma, Ala.
Errata, a.nd Addenda, for
Alston and Allstons.
FRONTISPIECE SHOULD BE "FROM SOUTH EAST."
Page 39. It is very probable that Sarah Saunders first married Mr.
Turges, Elisabeth Harris and Francis Turges being children
of said marriage, and after her husband died, married Lambert
Saunders.
Page 42, Ninth line. The family name of "Deborah" was proba-
bly Simons,
Page 80, third line. Should read, "Charles C. P. Alston died in
1SS1. He married Emma Pringle and had issue, 1 Julius
died in Confederate army. 2 Joseph, d. s. p. 3 Charles, and
4 Susan, are umn.
Page Si, Eigth line. The Patriot sailed from Georgetown, and the
belief is, that she went down during a storm after having
reached the port of New York.
Page 83, Sixth line. To be added 7, Mary married Deas and had
issue. No record given.
Page 133. At bottom read, Robt. A. Alston born in Macon, Ga.,
nth December, 1832. Sue Willis Alston born in Macon Ga.,
29th December 1834
Page 134, line one. Insert, "was killed March nth, 1879, i n Atlan-
ta by Cox.
Page 134, line 10. Read, Edward Anderson — Arnita Hernandez
Walker, of Atlanta, daughter of Genl. Wni. S, Walker, and
grand-daughter of Gen. Hernandez of Havana. Line 13, read
Issue. 1 Ina Leila, 2 Willis Alston, 3 Gertrude Alston Brown.
Line 23, read, Augustus Alston Fisher.
Page 135. Carolina who married Charles Anderson was the
daughter of Martha Owen Kenan and Dr. Hartly Hall, Line
19, read, 1 Lewis, 2 Kirtland, 3 Lucy, 4 Henrietta.
Page 136' line 23, read, \nnie Gaillard Cooper married Col. Ed-
ward Tatnall Sheftall.
Page 173, line 28, read, Edmund Cooper Bainbridge, Col, U, S. A.
born 1835.
Page 173, line 32, 1889 should read 1867.
Page I73, line 33, 1S42 should read 1841.
Page 220, line 22. Catherina H. Leake Stirling is not dead.
Page 22i. Eppie Stirling was not a twin of Catherine and was
horn 1837.
Page 223, line 15. Mary Ann should read Mary Josephine,
Page 257, line 26, Substitute the following, viz: Willis Banks —
first, Mary Wiufred Oliver, their daughter Mary Oliver, mar-
ried Gen. J. V. Harris and have two children. Second, Mary
Gray, issue [1] Thomas Gray Banks — Mary Waldron, issue two
children., [2] Francis Scott and [3) James Oliver, Sr, James
Oliver Banks, Sr,, — First, Martha Coleman issue 5 children,
viz; I Mary Gray Banks — first F. W, Pope, issue Jas, Fernan-
dez Pope; second Hampden Osborne. 2 John Coleman d, y.
3 Willis Banks— Jeunie Dunlap issue 1 Wylie Coleman, 2 Ma-
ry Bacon, d, y, and 3 James Oliver Banks, 4 Coleman d. y, and
5 James Oliver Banks, Jr, James Oliver Banks, Sr.. — 2nd Lucy
Young, issue 1 George Young, 2 Lucy Young, 3 Wylie Coleman
4 Annie Hamilton, 5 Reuben Reynolds; James Oliver,
Banks, Jr, — Julia Coleman issue nine children, 1 Thomas
Wilkes Coleman, 2 Wylie Coleman d, y, Ellen Gray,
4 Willis Alston, 5 James Oliver, d. y 6 Hampden Osborne,
7 Julia Coleman, d y. 8 Jack and 9 Ralph Banks.
Page 34S line 14: read Mary Eniliy Fitts.
ERRATA.
Page 96, first line, "mention" should be "mentioned."
Page 200, 14th line, "Graudpri" should be "Grandpre."
Page 216, 12th line, should read, "she left one living
child."
Page 248, 30th line, "clealy" should be "clearly."
Page 272, 8th line, " Butt county" should read " Bute
county."
Page 380, 17th line, should read, " William Watkins
Vaughan married Helen Maas, and they have one daughter,
Henrietta Kirby."
TO THE MEMORY
of our
COLONIAL ANCESTORS
Who founded homes in the wilds of America, the wisdom
and genius of whose sons contributed to the forming
and establishing of this great Republic, these
pages are respectfully dedicated, with the
earnest wish that the same love of truth,
justice and liberty which guided
and strengthened those of
1775-1781, may abide
with their children
of to-day.
PREFACE.
My endeavor in compiling these notes has been to col-
lect the genealogical records of the Alston family in
America, and to have them so arranged that the Ancestral
lines can be easily traced, and the relationship marked out.
In some lines family details are fully given, in others less
so. I availed myself of all the reliable information that
was obtainable. We would have been glad to have been
able to insert more extended historical notes throughout
the entire work, but such has been unobtainable, except
from a few of the many prominent and well known mem-
bers. In a few families all records have been lost, and no
trace of them can be found.
While all families have not been fully traced, yet it is
hoped that sufficient data have been given to enable such to
connect and trace the relationship.
In recording families, we have given the wife's maiden
name instead of her married name. Thus —
John Alston and Mary Clark.
William Allston and Esther LaBruce, etc., etc.
In giving names, they are frequently recorded by the
more familiar one by which they have been addressed and
spoken of among friends and acquaintances, and by which
they will be more readily recognized.
EXPLANATIONS OF SYMBOLS.
= indicates union by marriage, likewise
m. denotes marriage.
wf. denotes wife.
dau. denotes daughters or daughter.
d. denotes died or dead.
ch. denotes child or children.
issue denotes child or children.
s. denotes sons or son.
s. p. denotes without issue.
d. s. p. denotes died without issue.
unm. denotes unmarried.
q. v. denotes to be referred to again for further details.
HISTORY OF THE ALSTON FAMILY.
In " Browu's Genesis of America " it is recorded that
Gabriel Harris and Edmund Neville, among other names,
entered into indentures with Sir Walter Raleigh March
7th, 1589, preliminary to the colonization of Virginia, and
that Captain Gabriel Archer, in 1602, made a voyage to
the New England Coast, and was made recorder of the col-
ony in 1607.
The second charter to Virginia was granted in 1609,
and among the charter members are to be found, viz. :
Captain Clarke Stephen Pole or Poole
William Greene William Pool 1612
Christopher Harris Sir Anthony Pool 1615
Thomas Harris Richard Pyott 1609
John Harris Thomas Jermyn 1611
Arthur Harris Anthony Hunter, M.D. 1612
Robert Saunders Robert Dawson 1609
At this period Virginia included Carolina, and these
family names among the charter members have been con-
tinued among the colonists, although the successive genera-
tions at this date cannot be traced in many instances.
At a very early period the region of country north of the
Albermarle Sound, in North Carolina, was resorted to by
Quakers and other non-conformists, who went there to
escape the religious persecutions which they had to endure
in Virginia, Massachusetts and elsewhere.
Nor can there be any doubt but that their conservatism
and independence of thought and action, together with the
broad principles of humanity and justice inculcated by
8 The Alston Family.
them, had much to do in shaping the future policy and laws
of the State.
Although settlers had been flocking to that region for
years before, the first land grant was made to them in 1662,
in Perquimans county by the Indians, and there was an in-
flux of these Quakers for many years into several adjoining
counties.
The proprietary ownership and government of the col-
ony was inaugurated in 1663. From which period there
followed a struggle between the colonists and lords-pro-
prietors which continued until their proprietorship was
compelled to give way.
A somewhat similar condition existed in the early set-
tlement of South Carolina. The same lords-proprietors
being in control of both colonies, and the population com-
posed largely of English non-conformists and French ref-
ugees, besides many from the other colonies farther north,
notably Massachusetts, whence numerous immigrants came
from time to time, one noted body of whom, known as the
Dorchester Colony, organized and came in 1695. Owing
to the unsettled condition of affairs, and the discontent of
the colonists, the governorship was changed nine times
from 1686 to 1703.
Among the governors during this period, John Arch-
dale, a Quaker, who was also one of the lords-proprie-
tors, was sent over in 1694. He purchased lands in the
Albemarle settlement, where one of his daughters had mar-
ried, and some of his descendants still live. He met the
legislature in Charleston, S. C, in March, 1695. From
his just and humane administration much was expected.
But after serving one year he resigned, and subsequently
returned to England.
In entering into an investigation of the genealogical
history of the North Carolina family of Alstons, as was at
first contemplated, we were confronted with the following
The Alston Family. 9
difficulties: First. The general absence of family records;
the scattered condition of the family, extending through-
out the Southern States, and into some of the Northern ;
and the tradition that they had all sprung from one com-
mon ancestry. Secondly, there being another family of
the same name, claiming the same coat of arms in South
Carolina. These two families, although in adjoining States,
have, to a great extent, kept separate, yet their many in-
termarriages have created much confusion, and raised dif-
ficulties in tracing their family lines.
The trouble was increased by the frequent recurrence
of the same family names in the several branches from
generation to generation. To meet all of these, corre-
spondence was opened with interested parties in various
sections ; the colonial records of North Carolina and Vir-
ginia have been searched, and old wills, land grants and
deeds brought to light, in many instances setting aside ac-
cumulated details which thereby were found to be incor-
rect. In these researches material assistance has been ren-
dered by Messrs. James M. Alston, of Montgomery, James
H. Fitts, of Tuscaloosa, Dr. C. A. Taylor, of East Point,
Ga., Dr. E. A. Bauks, of Columbus, Ga., Mrs. H. A. Lon-
don, of Pittsboro, N. C, Mrs. Kate Cabell Claiborne, of
Richmond, Va., Judge C. A. Cook, of Warrenton, N. C,
Dr. Willis Alston, of Littleton, N. C, Dr. E. W. Pugh,
of Windsor, N. C, Mrs. Amelia Ann Whitaker, of Raleigh,
Mrs. Martha T. Wilcox, of Brinkleyville, N. C, Miss
Temperance Alston, of Shreveport, La., Mrs. M. R. K.
Fowlkes, of Selma, J. R. B. Hathaway, of Edenton, N. C,
and many others.
In obtaining the records of the South Carolina family,
kindly aid has been received from Rev. Benjamin Allston,
of Winnsboro, (now de'd), Jos. Blyth Allston, Esq., of
Petigru, S. C, Mrs. McCready, of Sewanee, Tenn., Jas.
B. Pyatt, of Georgetown, S. C, John Izard Middleton, of
10 The Alston Family.
Baltimore, Miss Emma Elliott Johnston, of Baltimore,
Miss Sara Elizabeth White, of Tallulah, and others.
Copious extracts from English genealogical works have
been used in tracing the early history of the family. In
addition to which Mr. Clarence Cabell, of Richmond, Va.,
a gentleman of wealth and education, during a protracted
stay in England, employed at a considerable outlay a
genealogical expert to carefully trace the family lines and
connections, which served to establish and elucidate more
fully the relationship between the family in England and
that in America. Only such of Mr. Cabell's notes as
relate to the immediate lines from which the American
families descend, have been copied.
I may here state that John Alston, the first of the family
in North Carolina, lived to be very old, and my great-
grandfather, who was his grandson, lived in early life near by
his grandfather, and his own widow lived in full possession
of her mental faculties until her death in 1845, being in
her 94th year. Her mother having been the widow of one
of John Alston's sous, who died when comparatively young.
Thus she had ample opportunity of being informed by her
mother and husband, as to the traditions and history of the
family. Tradition is very clear and emphatic in giving
Odell Castle as the manorial seat of the family in England,
also as to the statement that two young men (cousins) im-
migrated together, who, after reaching America, disagreed
and parted, one settling in North Carolina, where his de-
scendants are inseparably connected with its history, the
other changing the spelling of the name by inserting an
additional 1, went to South Carolina where he founded
the family which has been noted in the history of that
State. In looking over the genealogical records of Odell
Alstons, the two who came to America are the only
ones of that period bearing the name John, exceptiug a son
of Sir Edward of Strixton, who died unmarried in Eng-
The Alston Family. 11
land, and a Vere-John, who was rector of Odell. The
John Alston who was deported to Barbadoes in 1685 has
been supposed to have been the son of William of Grays
Inn, of which, however, there is no proof; on the contrary
it is very improbable, as Saxham Hall, an old manorial
seat of the Alstons, which was inherited by this William,
was in Suffolk, and those who followed the Duke of Mon-
mouth have been alluded to as Rustics from the West of
England.
Campbell's History of Virginia, B. B. Minor, Pub-
lisher, Richmond, Va., 1847, Page 99, (1685.) " A num-
ber of the prisoners taken with Monmouth, and who had
escaped the cruelty of Jeffreys, were sent to Virginia.
James instructed Effingham on this occasion in the fol-
lowing letter :
" James Rex:
" Right trusty and well beloved, we greet you well.
As it has pleased God to deliver into our hands such of
our rebellious subjects as have taken up arms against us,
for which traitorous practices some of them have suffered
death according to law, so we have been graciously pleased
to extend our mercy to many others by ordering their
transportation to several parts of our dominious in Amer-
ica, where they are to be kept as servants to the inhabi-
tants of the same. And to the end their punishment may
in some measure answer their crimes, we do think fit
hereby to signify our pleasure unto you, our Governor and
Council of Virginia, that you take all necessary care that
such convicted persons as were guilty of the late rebellion
that shall arrive within that our colony, whose names are
hereunto anuexed, be kept there and continue to serve
their masters for the space of ten years at least. And that
they be not permitted in any manner to redeem themselves
by money or otherwise until that term be fully expired.
And for the better effecting hereof you are to frame and
12 The Alston Family.
propose a bill to the assembly of that, our colony, with
such provisions and clauses as shall be requisite for this
purpose, to which you our Governor are to give your assent,
and to transmit the same unto us for our Royal confirma-
tion. Wherein expecting a ready compliance, we bid you
heartily farewell. Given at our court at Whitehall the
4th of October, 1685, in the first year of our reign.
" Sunderland."
Virginia, however, made no law conformable to the
requisitions of James, etc., etc., etc.
To suppose that the two cousins, John Alston, could
have been sent over in this company would be preposter-
ous, as the younger of the two at that time was only 12 or
13 years old, and their family seat at Odell was a long dis-
tance from where James, Duke of Monmouth, with his
hastily collected 2,000 rustics were repulsed. The power-
ful Whigs, from whom he expected aid, holding themselves
aloof. Besides the above reasons, the many and extensive
grants to them go to show that they were in favor with
the crown, and were not exiled convicts.
There is no record to show when these two Johu Al-
stons came to America, or where they landed, the Colonial
reports and records of North and South Carolina, Virginia
and Massachusetts having been searched with only nega-
tive results, and the following is offered as presenting the
most probable solution of the problem, viz.:
That they accompanied Johu Archdale when he came to
America in 1694, as Governor of Carolina. They first
came to Albemarle, where Quakers were numerous. Here
the younger John Alston probably remained. From thence
Gov. Archdale, with others who accompanied him, among
whom was the elder John Alston (now changing his name
to Allston) went to Charleston, S. C. Here Allston (about
28 years old) met Elizabeth Harris, a young widow, whose
The Alston Family. 13
Lusband bad died the year before. She was possessed of a
good estate, and comfortably settled in her own home,
without children or other incumbrances. He soon availed
himself of the opportunity, and in that same or the follow-
ing year (June, 1695), married her, who in every way
suited him so well. Living among his wife's relations,
who were people of influence in the colony, he soon made
himself as one with them, and being in favor with Gov.
Archdale, circumstances were favorable to his building up
a valuable estate.
The younger John Alston (about 21 years old), remain-
ing in Albemarle, after a few years married among the
Quakers. Or he possibly may have accompanied Arch-
dale to Charleston, and in 1696, returned with him to
Albemarle (now Pasquotank).
After Alston's marriage and several children having
been born unto them, he removed from Pasquotank and
settled upon Bennett's Creek (now Gates' county). His
subsequent history is known.
Hawkes, in his history, states that Archdale received
the appointment of Governor in 1694, and reached Charles-
ton with specific instructions August 17th, 1695. That
he visited North Carolina, first landing in Virginia July,
1695, thence going direct to Albemarle, where he made a
short stop.
Wheeler, p. 32, upon the authority of vVilliamsou, states
that he was appointed and came over in 1694 ; that he
met the Legislature in Charleston in March, 1695, which
seems much more probable, and that Hawkes may have
erred in stating that he first came over in 1695 instead of
1694.
Admitting this, and that Wheeler and Williamson are
correct, it is made to appear that he came to America after
his appointment in 1694, first landing in Virginia July,
1694, thence going direct to Albemarle, North Carolina,
14 The Alston Family.
where he made a short stop, appointed Thomas Harvey
Deputy Governor, and thence reaching Charleston August
17th, 1694, appointed Joseph Blake Deputy Governor,
while he proceeded to investigate the condition of the
colonists and their grievances, and met the Legislature in
Charleston in March, 1695. Subsequently when he re-
turned to Euglaud he left Thomas Harvey Deputy Gov-
ernor of North Cp and Joseph Blake Deputy Gov-
ernor of South Ca ■■■•-
It may here be cording to the accompa-
nying Englir records, all the descendants of Thomas
Alston = Frances Bloomfield, had their lines successively
to fail, so that the family name in that branch is now only
found in the descendants of the two John Alstons who
came to Carolina, of whom the eldest now living, by
family seniority, if i Blyth Allston, which would have
made him the legal . ir to the Baronetcy conferred upon
Sir Thomas Alston jfOdell in 1642, and which became
extinct upon the eath of Sir Rowland, the 6th Bart., in
1790, for want ot a legitimate claimant. This seems to
have been knov .1 to Gov. R. F. "W. Allston, who spoke
of it in his lif time.
Besides these two families, there was a George Alston,
of the mercantile firms of Andrew Mutter, Wm. Littlejohn
and George Alston, of Granville Co., N. C, 1767-1771,
and John Alston, James Young, James Martin and Alex-
ander Grindley, of Glasgow, Scotland, but there is no
record of his leaving any issue.
There was also a William Alston, who died in Orange
Co., N. C, in 1766, leaving property to wife, Mary Alston,
gr.= sons, William Alston Downey, Thomas Stinkey
McLeroy and William McBride, and sons-in-law, Peter
Downey and Archibald McLeroy. No son was left bear-
ing the name. He was probably the younger brother of
\
The Alston Family. 15
Sir Evelyn Alston, the sixth and last Baronet of Chelsea,
who died in 1783.
There was a John Alston who entered one hundred
acres of land in Maryland in 1729, of whom nothing else
is known. Another family, Henry Alston and brother,
came from Lancashire, England, in 1861, and settled in
Illinois, with whom we cannot trace connection.
There are also some scattering branches of the North
Carolina family that have removed west, and have not
kept themselves informed as to their connection. These
have not been traced.
(We acknowledge our indebtedness to the valuable
historical work of John H. Wheeler for many extracts.)
The following are from English records :
First, from "Magna Britaunica," volume 1, page 149,
published in 1720, a work on English genealogy.
Another from "Bibliothica Topographica Britannica,"
volume 4, published 1790, No. 29, page 31; and two oth-
ers from "Kimber & Johnson's Baronetage of England,"
1771, volume 1, page 457, .112, volume 2, page 464, .268.
Also a chart based upon the above, with additional notes
from Mr. Clarence Cabell's later researches. The lineal
descent of "Sir John Temple," copied from "Americans of
Royal descent," by Charles H. Browning, member of the
"American Historical Association," second edition, pub-
lished by Porter & Coates, Phialdelphia, 1891, Pedigree
LIU, pp. 209-210, with further additional notes from
Burk's Peerage.
Magna Britaunica.
Volume 1, Page 149.— Published 1720.
A little lower the Ouse runs by Odell, or Woodhill,
called Wahulle. The Barons of Wahulle had a barony
consisting of three hundred knight's fees in several coun-
16 The Alston Family.
ties. The castle which anciently belonged to these Barons
was nothing but strange ruins in Iceland's time, who says
it was in possession of Lord Bray. It afterwards came to
the Chetwoodes. Here was a fire on the 13th of May,*
and here also Sir Thomas Alston has a seat. The family
was raised to the title of Baronet in the person of Thomas
Alston, Esq., high sheriff of the county, Charles I.
Bibliotkica Topographica Britannica.
Volume 4, Published 1790, No. 29, Page 31.
Odell — Wood-hulle and formerly Wahull — is a village in
the hundred of , situated northwest of Bedford, dis-
tance from it about eight miles, on the north branch of the
Ouse, one mile from Harold. It is bounded on the
east by Shamkook, northeast by Cotworth, north by
Puddington and Winnich, having Harold in the west and
the river on the south. It extends from east to west about
2^ miles, and nearly the same from north to south. Here
is plenty of useful stone, lately discovered, gravel, and
several good springs, two of which have beeu reported
medicinal. One is northeast, whose waters have not yet
been analyzed, but well known to be mildly cathartic.
The other, on the northwest, has been so celebrated as
to often obtain the name of "Holbwell" for itself, and
two closest which run into the town. The name of
the village is characteristic of its situation, Woodhulle
or Woodhill, from the hills and fine woods near it. The
tradition of the place is that it was called Wahull from the
way or road, Newhope, leading close between it and the
castle, but there seems not much reason for this assertion.
It might as well be so denominated from its present di-
1 This custom of lighting fires in May, or Midsummer day, was
derived from, and was a relic of the Ancient Druidical worship,
and indicated that here was a place where they practiced their
"rites."
The Alston Family. 17
rection over the hill back of the castle between it and the
church. However, this seems to be a very old and proper
name, for formerly it had its "Barons of Wahull," eminent
for their ancient nobility. The castle, before the art of
war was so refiued upon as at present, must have been an
impregnable fortress from its advantageous situation near
the river, and as a work of considerable height and steep
ascent. Little remains of the old works, yet the upper and
bascourts are very conspicuous. The only habitable
building is where stood the keep on one area of one-
half acre, and is chiefly modern, particularly the south
front, 105 feet long, built by Lady Wolsten holme while
her son, Thos. Alston, was on his travels. The west is
older embattled, and tower about 24 yards in length. The
east end is of the same date as the south, and only 35 feet.
The rooms within are real lofty and spacious, the walls
being 27 feet by 23 feet, and 19 feet high. The drawing
room 21 feet by 20£ feet, 13 feet 9 inches high. They
contain several good paintings, some of which were
brought from Italy by Sir Thos. Alston about 70 years
ago (1650.)
The castle commands a delightful prospect over the
Ouse, whose beautiful meanderings are remarkably strik-
ing about this neighborhood. Between it on the north
rises a wide extended hill covered with the noblest wood
in this county, containing upwards of three hundred acres,
and known by the name of " Odell Great Woods." Part
thereof, consisting of about seventy acres, only by an ob-
scure diversion, is called " Yelmes Wood," and said to be in
the parish of Paddiugton, though distant from any part of
that parish at least one-fourth of a mile.
Alstons purchased Odell from Chetwoodes in 1640. The
knights of Chetwoode revived about 15, George II., a
claim to the Barony Woodhulle. The event of this claim
was a rejection, as no such title exists at the present day.
2al
18 The Alston Family.
That it should be presented is singular, as the very name
and Castle of Odell had nearly a century before passed by
purchase to the Alstons — a very ancient family of Saxon
origin, as may be attested from the name, which in the
language signifies " most noble" or " most excellent," yet
little has been preserved of the early part of their pedi-
gree. Alstan was the Saxon Lord of Stanford in Norfolk
before the Conquest, but dispossessed thereof by the villain-
ous Normans. (See Bloomfield's list of Norfolk, vol. 1,
p. 540). Their coat of arms, which has been preserved
by the families of both South and North Carolina, is re-
reproduced in the frontispiece, and thus described, viz. :
"Arms Azure, Ten Stars, 4, 3, 2, 1, Or, Crest on a
wreath, a half-moon Argent, charged with a star Or in the
arms, Motto Immotus." Seat at Odell Bedfordshire.
Note. — (There can be no doubt but that the old Saxon
names, iEthelstan, Ealhstan, Alstan, Alston, Alstone and
Allston are but different renderings of the same name,
which the Motto "Immotus" only tends to confirm, the
last mentioned orthography being confined to South Caro-
lina).
In connection with the above will be appended some
lines and notes of allied families, which will doubtless be
of interest ; among whom are Temple, Brooke and Wal-
lis in England, and in America — Macon, Dawson, Ath-
erton, Jones, Yancey, Williams, Keerney, Kimbrough,
Hinton and Lillington.
Kimber and Johnson, Baronetage of England, 1771.
Vol L, p. 4-57.
112. Alston of Odell, Bedfordshire. Created Baronet
June 13, 1G42.
Saxham Hall, in Newton, was anciently the seat of the
Alstons for many hundred years, from whence that family
The Alston Family. 19
bath spread itself into several counties. It is certainly a
family of great antiquity and said to be of Saxon extrac-
tion, though the origin of them cannot be traced at this
time of day. We find them mentioned so early as Edward
the First's reign, when William Alston of Stisted, in
Essex, for want of warranty of Brockscroft, in Stisted, did
grant and confirm to John de Carpenter, of Naylinghurst,
so much of his better land in Stisted, except his mansion-
house there.
In Edward the Third's time, Hugh Alston bore for
arms azure, ten stars, or 4, 3, 2, 1, which was long before
coat armor was granted by patent.
After some descents from the above, said William
Alston, of Stisted, the lineal descendant of this family was
John Alston, of Newton in Suffolk. He was father of
William, who, by Ann the daughter of Thomas Symons,
had issue. Edward of Saxham-hall in Newton, who took
to wife Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Colman, by whom he
had two sons: 1, William of Saxham, of whom hereafter;
2, Thomas of Edwardston, in Suffolk, who married, first,
Dorothy, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Holm-
sted of Maplested, in Essex, by whom he had Edward
Alston of Edwardston, Esq. His second wife was ,
by whom he had Thomas Alston of Newton, who married
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas West of London, and had
issue, Thomas Alston of Newton. Edward Alston, of Ed-
wardston aforesaid, married Margaret, daughter of Arthur
Penning, of Kettleborough, in Suffolk, Esq., by whom
he had Sir Edward Alston of London, Knt., Doctor in
Physick and President of the College of Physicians.
Joseph Alston of Chelsea, Esq., ancestor to [the present
Sir Evelyn Alston, Bart., of whom hereafter ; and Pen-
ning Alston of London. Sir Edward married Susan,
daughter of Christopher Hudson, of Norwich, by whom
he had two daughters : 1, Mary, married to Sir James
20 The Alston Family.
Langham of Cottesbrooke, in Northamptonshire, Bart.,
who had only one daughter, Mary, married to Henry
Booth, Lord Delamer, afterwards Earl of Warrington ;
2, Sarah, married first, George Grimstone, Esq., eldest son
of Sir Harbottle Grimstone, Bart., Master of the Rolls ;
secondly, John, Duke of Somerset; thirdly, Henry, Lord
Ooleraiu, and died without issue.
William Alston, of Saxhani Hall, Esquire, son and heir
of Edward aforesaid, married Elizabeth, one of the daugh-
ters and co-heirs of Hampstead, of Halstead, in Essex,
Esq. (by the daughter of William Bindloss, Esq., Ser-
geant at Law), by whom he had several children ; but
their lines failed, except William, the eldest, and Thomas,
the fourth son, of whom hereafter; William, the eldest son,
married the daughter of Neuce, of Hadham, in Hert-
fordshire, by whom he had William of the Inner Temple,
who was seated at Marlesford, in Suffolk, and married
Avise, daughter and co-beir of Jeffry Pitman, of Wood-
bridge, Esq., by whom he had issue, Samuel of Marlesford
and Thomas of the Inner Temple, who died without issue;
also three daughters; Avise, married to Sir Thomas Fors-
ter, Kut. (son of the Lord Chief Justice) ; Elizabeth, mar-
ried to Thomas Mann, of the Inner Temple, Esq., Usher
of the Rolls ; and Mary, who died unmarried. This
William and his wife lie iuterred at Marlesford church.
He died Anno 1641. Samuel Alston, of Marlesford, Esq.
(eldest son of William), married Alice, daughter of Francis
Nicholson, of Chapelle, in Essex, by whom he had Samuel
Alston, of Marlesford, Esq., who married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Gregory Wescomb, of Eltham, in Kent, Esq. (son of
Clement Wescomb, Doctor iu Physic), and had issue one
sou, William Alston, of Grey's Inn, Esq., and three daugh-
ters.
Thomas Alston, Esq. (fourth son of William above men-
tioned), was of Polstead, in Suffolk, and married Frances,
The Alston Family. 21
daughter of Simon Bloomeville, or Bloom field, of Monks
Illey, in Suffolk, Esq. (surviving her said husband; she
married Sir John Temple, of Stantoubury, in Bucks, Knt.)
They had issue four sousaud a daughter. 1. William, who
was of the Iuner Temple, and also of Odell, in Bedford-
shire, but died unmarried ; 2. Thomas, of the Iuuer Tem-
ple, and also of Odell, of whom hereafter; 3. Sir Edward,
who was likewise of the Inner Temple, and of Strixton, in
Northamptonshire. He had the honor of knighthood con-
ferred on him, and married Esther, daughter and co-heir of
Sir William Ashcomb, of Alscot, Oxon, by whom he had
five sons and three daughters (William, Edward, Thomas,
John and Charles, which Charles was Doctor in Divinity,
Archdeacon of Essex, Rector of Northolt, in Middlesex,
Treasurer of St. Paul's and Chaplain to Dr. Compton,
Bishop of London, and died 1714; all these sons died un-
married. Of the three daughters, Catherine was married
to Wiseman, of Northamptonshire); and 4. John: Frances,
the only daughter of Thomas, married William, Lord Mon-
son, which John Alston, of the Inner Temple, Esq., and of
Parvenham, in Bedfordshire (fourth son of Thomas, of
Polstead), married Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Temple,
of Stanton, Bucks, Knt., by whom he had four sons and
five daughters. 1. William, who married the daughter of
Brooke, see note, and died, leaving issue; 2. Thomas; 3.
Edward ; 4. John, who married Anne, daughter of Wallis,
see note. The daughters were Frances, married to Ed-
wards Reynolds; Elizabeth to William Crofts; Mary to
John Lemon ; Dorothy to Thomas Wells, and Sarah.
Thomas Alston, of Odell, Esq. (second son, but eldest
surviving son of Thomas, of Polstead), had first the honor
of knighthood conferred upon him, and afterwards was
advanced to the higher dignity of a Baronet. 18 Car. I.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Rowland St. John,
Knight of the Bath, by whom he had two sons — Thomas,
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who died iu his father's lifetime unmarried ; and Sir Row-
land, his successor ; also two daughters — Frances, married
to Sir John Pickering, of Titmarsh, Northamptonshire ;
and Elizabeth, married first to Stavely Stanton, of Birch-
more, in Bedfordshire, Esq., and secondly to Montague
Pickering, Esq., brother to Sir John. Sir Thomas died
Anno 1678, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son.
Sir Rowland Alston, Bart., who married Temperance,
second daughter of Thomas, Lord Carew, of Stene, and
left three sons and three daughters — Sir Thomas, his suc-
cessor; Sir Rowland, successor to his brother; and Vere
John, Rector of Odell and Minister of Parveuham, in Bed-
fordshire, who was twice married and had issue. The
daughters were : Mary, married to the late Mr. Sergeant
Selby ; Elizabeth, to the late General Stuart, and after his
decease to Mr. Rowe ; and Anne, to Richard Mead, Esq.,
M.D. Sir Rowland died 1698, and was buried at Odell;
his lady surviving him was remarried to Sir John Wol-
steuholme, of Forty-hill, in Eufield, Middlesex, Bart.
Sir Thomas Alston, Bart., his eldest son, succeeded his
father in diguity and estate; by dying unmarried, 1714,
was succeeded by his next brother. Sir Rowland Alston,
Bart., who was thrice elected one of the knights of the
shirefor the county of Bedford, and by Elizabeth, only
daughter of Captain Reynes, had issue. 1. Sir Thomas,
his successor ; 2. Rowland, who married Gertrude, sister to
Stillingneet Durnfurd, Esq., of the Tower, but had no is-
sue. Also two daughters ; Elizabeth, the eldest, died un-
married, May 5, 1756; and Ann, now the wife of Robert
Pye, Rector of Odell, etc. Sir Rowland died January 2,
1759, and was succeeded by Sir Thomas Alston, his eldest
son and heir. He married August 30, 1750, Catherine
Davis, a daughter and heir of Dr. Burey, by whom he had
issue. Sir Thomas w T as knight of the shire for Bedford in
the tenth and eleventh Parliament of Great Britain. He
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died 18th July, 1774, and was succeeded by his brother,
Sir Rowland. He dying without issue 29th June, 1790,
aged 64, the title became extinct. His widow survived un-
til March, 1807. The family property by the will of Sir
Thomas Alston, his predecessor, devolved on Thomas
Alston, that gentleman's illegitimate son.
Vol. 2, Page 464.
268. Alston of Chelsea, Middlesex.
This Sir Thomas Alston, Bart, (the person of whom we
are now principally to treat, second son of Edward Alston,
of Ed ward ton in Suffolk, Esq.), married Mary, one of the
daughters and co-heirs of Mr. Crookenbury, of Bergen-op-
Zoom, in the province of Brabant, a Dutch merchant,
with whom he had about £12,000 fortune; at the time of
his creation, he resided at Chelsea, though he purchased
Bradwell Abbey, in Buckinghamshire, for the future resi-
dence of his family. He died May, 1688, leaving issue
three sons and two daughters (eight having died young in
his lifetime), viz.: 1. Sir Joseph. 2. Edward, who mar-
raied Mary, daughter of Captaiu Thompson, by whom he
had one son, Joseph, and several daughters. 3. Isaac, who
was born at Edwardston, 1688, who had a design of build-
ing a house upon an estate about two miles from Edward-
ston ; and in pursuance of this design had laid down great
quantities of timber upon the place, but his father would
have the timber removed to Edwardston and build the
house where the old one stood and would have this branch
of the family settle there, because it was the place of his
nativity; and accordingly he did remove the timber and
build his house at Edwardston, though both he and his
father died before the house was finished. He married
Mary, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Henry Seile,
of London, by whom he had one son, Joseph, which Joseph
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was seated at Edwardston, and a very ingenious gentleman
and a collector of medals; he married Laureutia, sole
daughter and heir of the Reverend Charles Trumbull,
LL.D., brother to Sir William Trumbull, Kut., Secretary
of State to King William, by whom he left one son, Joseph,
and three daughters, viz. : Margaret married to Soame,
Esq.; Anne, to the Right Reverend Dr. Hare, late Bishop
of Chichester; and Charlotte.
The daughters of Sir Joseph were, Clare, married to John
Witterong, of Rothamsted in Hertfordshire, Bart., and
Mary, the youngest daughter, married to James Clayton,
Esq., only son of Sir Thomas Clayton, of La Vache in
Buckinghamshire, Knt, but had no issue. Sir Joseph
Alston, Bart., eldest son and heir of Sir Joseph before
mentioned, was seated at Bradwell Abbey, in the county
of Bucks, and died March 14, 1688-9, and was buried in
the chancel of the church at Bradwell, aged 49. He mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Morrice Thompson, Esq. (sister
to the late Lord Haversham), and by her left two sons, Sir
Joseph and Edward, who was rector of Wivenhoe and Layer
Marney in Essex, and married Mrs. Elizabeth Wells and
had only one daughter. He was succeeded in title and
estate by his eldest sou.
Sir Joseph Alston, Bart., who married Penelope, one of
the daughters and co-heirs of Sir Edward Evelyn, of Long
Ditton in Surrey, Knt., by whom he left two sons, Sir
Joseph and Sir Evelyn ; also several daughters, Penelope,
Elizabeth, Theodosia, and Die Patris, a name given her
because she was born on her father's birthday.
Sir Joseph, the oldest son, succeeded his father and took
to wife Thursby, and died without issue, whereupon
the title devolved upon his brother.
Sir Evelyn Alston, who married by whom he
had two sons, Evelyn and William, and one daughter. He
was succeeded in dignity and estate by his eldest son.
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Sir Evelyn, who married in March, 1766, Mrs. May, of
Mary-le-bone. (But dying issueless in 1783, the Baronetcy
became extinct).
The following is from records recently collected in Eng-
land by Mr. Clarence Cabell, of Richmond, Va., (omitting
all collateral lines):
1. John Alston, of Newton, County Suffolk.
2. (visitre, Brds. 1634) C. 31. 2. William Alston, of
Newton. Will dated 1st Feby. 1564. Married
Ann, dau. of Thomas Simonds.
3. (visitre, Essex, 1634) C. 21. Edward Alston, of Sax-
ham Hall, in Newton. Will dated 10th Jany.
1591. Married Elizabeth, dau. of John Colman.
4. William Alston, of Saxhsm Hall, b. 1537. Buried
there 13th Jany. 1617. Married Elizabeth, dau.
and co-heir of Hampstead, of Halstead, County
Essex, (by dau. of Wm. Bindloss, Esqr., Sergeant
at Law.)
5. Thomas Alston, of Gedding Hall in Polstead, County
Suffolk, 4th son, was bap. at Newton, 23 Feb. 1564.
Buried there 25th Jany. 1619. Will proved in
P. C. C. 4th Feby. 1619-20. Married Frances,
dau. of Simon Bloomfield, of Coddenham & Monk's
Illeigh, County Suffolk. Bap. at Coddenham, 8th
Sep. 1612. Mentioned as deceased in will of her
son, Sir Thomas Alston, in 1678. After the death of
Tnomas Alston, she married Sir John Temple, of
Stowe or Stantonbury, County Bucks, Knt. & Bart.,
who d. 1632.
6. John Alston, ol the Inner Temple & of Parvenham,
County Bedlord. 4th son, b. 1610. Proved the
Will of his son, Thomas Alston, 1678. Mentioned
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in the will of his Brother, Sir Thomas Alston, in
1678. Buried at Parvenham, 15th Aug. 1687.
Married Dorothy, dau. of Sir John Temple, 4th
Jany. 1034, at Odell. She was buried at Parven-
ham, 5th Dec. 1668.
7. William Alston, of Strixton, Northamptonshire (eldest
son) bap. at Odell, 13th Aug. 1637. Mentioned in
the Will of Sir Thomas Alston, 1678. His Will is
dated 20th Nov. 1707. Proved in Archdy. Court
of Bedford, 18th May, 1709. Married Thomasin,
dau. of Brooke, buried at Parvenham, 29th Jany.
1869, aged 25 years.
8. William Alston, mentioned in father's will 1707, died
28th November, 1713, M. I., at Parvenham, will
dated 6th July, 1713, proved in Archdy Court of
Bedford, married Elizabeth, mentioned in her hus-
baud's will 1713, died 16th February, 1730, at
Parvenham.
9. William, mentioned in father's will 1713, called grand-
son iu will of Sarah Alston 1714, died 26th April,
1736, at Parvenham. After the death of his wife
Thomasin, 1669, William Alston married Sarah,
who left no issue and died 30th August, 1714, at Par-
venham, aged 56.
10. John Alston, 2 son of Wm. and Thomasin (Brooke)
Alston ; Thomasin, dau. of Wm. and Thomasin
(Brooke) Alston, is mentioned as wife of Abraham
llandson in her brother William's will, 1713.
11. Thomas d. 1678, and Edward, sous of John and
Dorothy (Temple) Alston, both died s.p.
12. John Alston, 4th son of John Alston and Dorothy
Temple of Parvenham, mentioned in will of John
Alston, 1704, married Anne, dau. of Wallis.
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27
13. John Alston, eldest son of John Alston ""
and Anne Wallis, was baptized at
Felmersham co., Bedford, 5th Dec., Children
1673.
Thomas, mentioned in will of Edward Al- of John Al-
ston, 1715.
Edward Alston, bap. at Parvenham 30th )■ ston and
June, 1689.
Francesca, wife of Whitlock. Anne Wal-
Sarah, baptized at Parvenham, 2d May,
1680.
Elizabeth.
Dorothy, baptized at Parvenham 23d July,
1684.
By reference to the map of England it will be seen that
Strixton, Parvenham and Felmersham were all contiguous
to Odell. The farthest being Strixton, and not exceeding
five miles.
Greville, or Grevile, (Sir Fulke) Lord Brooke, an Eng-
lish poet and miscellaneous writer, born in Warwickshire
in 1554, was distinguished by the favor of Queen Eliza-
beth, who made him a Knight. He was appointed by
King James I. under-treasurer and Chancellor of the ex-
chequer in 1615, and obtained from that monarch the
castle of Warwick (then in a ruinous condition), which he
repaired at vast expense. He was created a peer, with the
title of Baron Brooke, in 1620. He was mortally wounded
in a quarrel with an old servant in 1628. Lord Brooke
was the intimate friend of Sir Philip Sidney, of whom he
published a biography. He also wrote a number of poems
and tragedies.
(See Horace Walpole, Royal and Noble Authors; Bio-
graphia Britannica.)
Greville (Robert), born in 1608, was a cousin of the
preceding, whose title he inherited. Pie ibught in the
Parliamentary army, and was killed at the battle of Lich-
field in 1643. Among his principal works are a "Dis-
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course Opening the Nature of the Episcopacy Exercised in
England," (1641), and "The Nature of Truth."
(See Lodge's Portraits.)
Thomasin, bis daughter, born in 1643-4, m. Wm. Al-
ston and died 29th January, 1669, aged 25 years, leaving
three children, viz.: William, John, Thomasin q. v.
The evidence that Lord Brooke was the father of
Thomasin is presumptive. Being mentioned as the daugh-
ter of Brooke carries with it the assumption that he was
prominent and well known before the British Public. This
could apply to no one else of the name at the time of her
birth, 1643-4, but this Robert Greville. Warwick Castle,
the seat of Sir Fulke Greville, the predecessor of Sir Rob-
ert, being only 45-50 miles distant from Strixton and
Odell.
National Cyclopedia of Useful Knowledge.
London, 1851, Vol. xii, Charles Knight, 90 Fleet Street.
Page 731.
John Wallis was the oldest son of the Rev. John Wallis,
incumbent of Ashford in Kent, where he was born Nov.
23d, 1616. The father of Wallis died when he was six
years old, leaving five children to the care of his widow.
He was fifteen years old when his curiosity was excited by
seeing a book of arithmetic in the hands of his younger
brother, who was preparing for trade. On his showing
some curiosity to know what it meant, his brother went
through the rules with him, and in a fortnight he had mas-
tered the whole.
He was entered at Emanuel College, Cambridge, where
he soon obtained reputation. Among his other studies,
anatomy found a place; and he is said to have been the
first student who maintained, in a public disputation, the
The Alston Family. 29
doctrine of the circulation of the blood, which had been
promulgated by Harvey four or five years before.
After taking the degree of Master of Arts, he was
chosen Fellow of Queens, and took orders in 1640. He
was then chaplain in one and another private family, re-
siding partly in London, till the breaking out of the civil
war, in which he took the side of the Parliament. He
made himself useful to his party by deciphering inter-
cepted letters, an act in which he was eminent. In 1643,
the sequestrated living of St. Gabriel, Fenchurch street,
was given to him, and in the same year he published "Truth
Tried, or Animadversions on the Lord Brookes Treatise on
the Nature of Truth." In this year also he came into a
handsome fortune by the death of his mother. In 1644
he was appointed one of the secretaries of the Assembly of
Divines at Westminster. In this year also he married.
In 1645 he was among the first who joined those meetings,
which afterwards gave rise to the Royal Society. When
the Independents began to prevail, Wallis joined with
others of the clergy in opposing them, and in 1648 sub-
scribed a remonstrance against the execution of Charles I.
In 1649 he was appointed Savilian Professor of Geometrv
at Oxford by the Parliamentary visitors. He now moved
to Oxford and applied himself diligently to mathematics.
At the end of 1650 he first met with the method of indi-
visibles in the writings of Torricelli, and from this time
his celebrated researches begin. In 1658 Wallis, who
with others desired the restoration of the kingly power,
employed his art of deciphering on the side of the Royalists,
so that at the Restoration he was received with favor by
Charles II., confirmed in his professorship and in the place
of keeper of the archives at Oxford, and was made one of
the royal chaplains. In 1661 he was one of the clergy
appointed to review the Book of Common Prayer.
He was of course one of the first members of the Royal So-
30 The Alston Family.
ciety, and from this to his death his life is little more than
the list of his works. The collections of his works by the
Curator of the Oxford university press began to be made in
1692. The three volumes bear the disordered dates of 1695,.
1693 and 1699. In 1692 he was consulted upon the adop-
tion of the Gregorean calendar, or new style, agaiust which
he gave a strong opinion, and the design was abandoned.
In 1696 when the first two volumes of his works appeared
he was the remote occasion of beginniug the controversv
between the followers of Newton and Leibnitz. Some re-
marks were made on his assertions as to the origin of the
differential calculus in the Leipzig Acts, which produced
a correspondence, and this correspondence was published
in the 3d volume. He died Oct. 28th, 1703, in his 88th
year.
Wallis in his literary character is to be considered as a
theologian, a scholar and a mathematician. As a divine
he would probably not have been remembered but for his
eminence in the other characters. His discourses on the
Trinity are still quoted in the histories of opinions on that
subject. If the character of Wallis has been elevated as a
divine by his celebrity as a philosopher, his services as a
scholar have for the same reason been, if not underrated,
at least thrown into a shade. He was the first editor of
the " Harmonics " of Ptolemeus, of the commentary on
it by Porphyrius, and of the later work of Brennius; as
also of Aristarchus of Samoa.
Asa mathematician Wallis is the most immediate prede-
cessor of Newton, both in the time at which he lived and
the subjects at which he worked. Those who incline to
the opinion that scientific discoveries are not the work of
the man, but of the man and the hour, that is, who regard
each particular conquest as the necessary consequences of
the actual state of things, and as certaiu to come from one
quarter or another when the time arrives, will probably
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say that if Wallis had not lived, Newton would but have
filled his place, as far as the pure mathematics are con-
cerned.
His daughter, Anne, married John Alston (4th son of
John Alston and Dorothy Temple), whose eldest son, John,
was baptized at Felmersham 5th December, 1673. As
with Thomasin Brooke, so likewise with Anne Wallis.
Being mentioned as the daughter of Wallis, carries with it
the assumption that he was prominent before the public
and well known, which would apply to none other of the
name at that time but this John Wallis.
A few items of English history compiled from various
sources will be appropriate just here.
Christianity, first planted in England by the Apostles,
probably Paul himself, although persecuted and oppressed,
survived even the period of Roman occupation.
After the Romans had abandoned the' Island, about 449,
Hengist and Horsa, two Jutish chiefs, invaded the coun-
try, and drove out the Picts. Following soon after these,
Ella the Saxon, with three sons and three ship-loads of
Buccaneers, consisting of Angles and Saxons, two nearly
related peoples, landed upon the southern coast and estab-
lished themselves. These were followed by similar suc-
cessive immigrations, which resulted in Anglo-Saxon
sovereignty, and spreading over the Island their English
language, finally giving to it the name of Angle-land or
England. The seven leading States of the Saxon Heptarchy
were ruled by petty Princes, who from time to time were
dominated by some one more powerful than the others.
They were in no sense a confederacy, and when they had
subdued the Britons, they were continually fighting among
themselves.
"The principal diet of these early English or Saxon
tribes is said to have been beef and pork, taken with
32 The Alston Family.
copious draughts of ale and mead. They were hard
drinkers and hard fighters, and their wild lives were
usually cut short by battle or pestilence." Although
Christianity was so early planted in England, the antago-
nism between the two races was too bitter to encourage
the British Christians to mission work among the Saxons.
Four generations were born and buried before this hostility
died away, and intercourse between the peoples gradually
obliterated differences of race. The Britons, however,
sent missionaries among the Irish Celts in the fifth century;
also to the Picts of North Britain, and even to the con-
tinent of Europe. (See Twenty Centuries of English
History, by James R. Joy.)
These invading tribes of Jutes, Angles and Saxons were
all pagans, and Ethelbert, King of Kent, had married a
Christian princess, Bertha, a daughter of a King of the
Franks. She was permitted to worship the Christian God
in the royal town of Canterbury. To her Pope Gregory
commended his missionary, Augustine (597 A. D.).
Suspecting sorcery, Ethelbert received the monks under
the open sky. He accepted their doctrines and many of
his court were baptized. From this beginning, first one
and then another state of the Heptarchy embraced Chris-
tianity, until Mercia alone was left, and became the rally-
ing ground of paganism, with King Penda its defender.
Finally in 655 the Mercians were conquered and em-
braced Christianity. Penda was overthrown by Oswald and
the last hold of paganism fell. In 680 King Ethelred
divided the kingdom of the Mercians into dioceses and
placed a bishop's seat at Leicester.
During the eighth century the Danes began to make
incursions, and ultimately succeeded in establishing them-
selves. During these incursions, having subjected to
their own rule portions of North Britain, Ireland and other
neighboring isles, they allied themselves with the Welsh,
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the hereditary foe of the Anglo-Saxons, for a combined
assault upon the English. This mixed force was defeated
by Egbert, the West Saxon King, in 835, at Hengestes-
dun, in Cornwall. Ethelwolf, the son and successor of
Egbert, could not prevent their depredations upon the
coast, and finally the Danes changed their tactics and
brought with them their wives and children, determined
to conquer a home and dwell upon English soil, and the
the warfare between them and the Saxons became very
bitter and relentless. The Danes were pagans, and in
866, having mastered Northumbria and Mercia, they de-
feated Edmund, the last King of East-Anglia, in battle,
whom they captured, but offered him freedom if he would
only bow the knee to their pagan god, Woden. He defied
them and was put to death by torture for his refusal.
Elated with successive triumphs the Danes then rushed
upon Wessex, but found their match at Ashdune (871)
where King Ethelred, son of Ethelwolf, with his young
brother, Alfred, beat them with great slaughter. Alfred
became king at twenty-one and continued his warfare
against the Danes until 878, when Guthrum, their kiug,
agreed to terms of peace and was baptized into the
Christian faith.
ANCESTRAL LINE OF ALFRED THE GREAT— MAY BE OF INTEREST
Harderick, the first known Saxon King, B.C. 90.
Anseric Saxon King, d. A. D. 1.
Welkal., d. A. D. 30.
Svartic I., Saxon King, d. 70.
Svarti II., Saxon King, d. 80.
Segward, Saxon King until 100.
Whitekind, Saxon King until io5.
Wilke, Saxon King until 190.
Marbod, Saxon King.
Friga, or Sigge, Saxon King; conquered, Denmark, Nor.vay and ^Sweden, and
assumed the name of Wodin or Odin, d. 300.
Beldeg, brother of King Veldeg.
Brando.
Fredgar.
Frewin.
Wigga.
3al
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Gewisch.
Esla.
Elistus.
Cerdic, came to England, 495 ; King of Wessex, 519 ; d. 534— very old.
Cenric, King of Wessex, 534 ; d. 560.
Ceaulin.King of Wessex, 560; conquered Sussex ; d. 592.
Cuthwin, killed, 581.
Cuth.
Ceolwald.
Kenred.
Inigisilo.
Eoppa.
Esa.
Elemund.
Egbert, King of Wessex, 800 ; succeeded in uniting the whole Heptarchy under
his rule, 827 ; King of England, 828 ; d. 836.
Ethehvulf, King of England, 836-857.
Alfred the Great, King of England, 871-901.
NOTE— The above is taken from the Pedigree of J. Bayard Backus, of Xew
York City. He says there is a question as to the spelling of several of the names,
and some of the parties are known by different names. Of course this refers to
the earlier names.
The several States were united under Alfred, who has
ever been regarded as the greatest of English kings, great
in war, but greater in peace. Of his five children only-
one, Edward the elder, wore a crown. He ruled from
901 to 925, and with the help of his sister, Ethelfleida,
"the Lady of the Mercians," he took the offensive and won
back the greater part of the Dane-Law. "The Danes of
this region had settled down beside the English, adopting
their religion and fitting themselves easily to the English
ways of life. The two races were of kindred ancestry,
spoke closely related languages, and neither had been
dominated by Rome or influenced by Roman civilization."
A few notes from Bibliographa Brittannica will here be
appropriate, (Camden.)
Ethelfled, or Ethelfleida, sister of Edward the elder, had
married Ethelred, the king or earldorman of Mercia.
After the death of her husband she governed the Mercians
for eight years in very troublous times, to her great praise
and honor. Besides the aid given her brother in recover-
ing the Dane-Law, in 911 she repaired Warwick; in 9 IS
The Alston Family. 35
she entered the land of the Britons to reduce a castle at
Bricencurnere, and took the Queen of the Britons prisoner.
Also, in 914, she repaired Leicester and fortified the place
with new walls. She was ancestress of Leoferine, Earl of
Mercia, whose seat or residence was at Leicester, and
from whom sprung the family of Sir John Temple of
Stantonbury or Stowe q. v.
TEMPLE.
It is stated in Burk's Peerage that this ancient family
derives its surname from the manor of Temple ,Co. Leices-
ter, and has its pedigree recorded in the "Visitation ot
Leicestershire," A. D. 1619.
1. Leofern, or Leoferin, Earl of Mercia had
2. Leofric, King of Leicester, (Lodges Peerage of Ireland,
under Viscount Palmerston). He married the
famous Lady Godiva, who rode naked through
Coventrytown by day to regain for the citizens the
privileges taken from them, and dying August 31,
1027. They had issue :
3. Algar, King of the East Saxons in 1053, who had
4. Edwin, King of the East Saxons, deposed by the Con-
queror, and killed in battle with the Normans, 1071.
His sister married, 1st, the Welsh King Grufiydd.
" Her name was Ealdgyth and her brothers were
Eadwine and Morkere." (Encyclopedia Britannica,
Art. Harold). She married secondly, Harold, king
of England. He (Edwin) was father of
5. Edwin, Earl of Leicestershire and Coventry, who
assumed the surname, Temple, from the Manor of
Temple, in the Hundred of Sparkenhor in Wells-
boro, Leicestershire (see Burtiu's Leicestershire),
whose descendant
1. Henry De Temple, Baron of Temple, and little Shepey
had
36 The Alston Family.
2. Geoffrey De Temple, Leicestershire, whose son
3. John De Temple, Leicestershire, had
4. Henry De Temple, Leicestershire, who married Lady
Maud, daughter of Sir John Ribbesford, Knt., and
had
5. Henry De Temple, Baron of Temple Manor and Little
Shepey (temp. John), who had
6. Richard De Temple, Baron of Temple Manor, who
m. Catherine, daughter of Thomas de Langley, and
had
7. Nicholas De Temple, who m. Lady Margery, daughter
of Sir Roger Corbet, Knt., of Libton, and had
8. Richard De Temple of Shepey, who m. Lady Agnes,
daughter of Sir Ralph Stanley, Knt., and had
9. Nicholas De Temple, who m. Maud, daughter of John
Burguillon, of Newton, in Leicestershire, and had
10. Richard De Temple, who m. Joan, daughter of Wil-
liam Shepey of Great Shepey, Leicestershire, and
had
11. Thomas De Temple of Whitney, Oxfordshire, third
son, who m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Gedney,
Esq., and had
12. William Temple, of Whitney, who m. Isabel, daughter
and heiress of Henry Everton, Esq., and had
13. Thomas Temple, of Whitney, who m. Alice, daughter
and heiress of John Heritage, of Burton Dorset, in
Coventry Warwick, and had
14. Peter Temple of Stowe, second son, who in the latter
years of Edward VI. obtained a grant of the
Manor of Marston Boteler Co., Warwick, and m.
Millicent, daughter of William Jeklye, Esq., of
Nemington, in Middlesex, and had
15. John Temple of Stowe, eldest son b. 1542, d. 1603,
m. Susan, daughter and heiress of Thomas Spencer
of Everton, Northampton, and had
The Alston Family. 37
Anthony, from whom the Viscount Palmerston and
16. Sir Thomas Temple of Stowe, Knt., created baronet
June 29, 1611, d. 1637, m. Esther, daughter of
Miles Sandys, Esq., of Latimers Bucks., by whom
he had thirteen children. (Fuller, in his "Worthies
of England," relates that Lady Temple lived to see
seven hundred of her own descendants). Of the
numerous progeny
1. Peter, s. to the Baronetcy and
2. John, received the honor of Knighthood and m. Doro-
thy, daughter and co-heiress of Edward Lee, Esq.,
of Stantonbury, having at his decease, in 1632,
1. Peter (Sir), who m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Timothy
Tyrnell of O'Keley, and d. January, 1660, leaving
five sons. The four elder d. s. p. and the youngest
d. 1706, leaving William and Peter 5th and 6th
baronets.
2. Thomas (Sir), a Nova Scotia baronet and Knt., Gov.
of N. S.
3. Edmund of Sulby, Co. Northampton, who m. Eleanor,
daughter and co-heiress of Sir Stephen Harveys of
Hardinston, and left Stephen of Sulby d. s. p., and
John of Sibbertoft, who d. 1702, leaving three
daughters and two sons, Edmund of Leicester, left
by Ellen his wife, an elder son, Purbech, and two
others.
4. Purbech (Sir) of Edgcombe Place, Co. Surrey, gov-
ernor of Henley, m. Sarah, daughter of Robert
Baker and d. s. p.
5. Dorothy m. John Alston, Esq., of the Inner Temple.
6. Hester m. Edward Pascal, Esq. of Co. Essex, of
Gray's Inn, and had a son John, who went to
America and m. Elizabeth, daughter of William
Taylor, Esq., of Dorchester, near Boston, and d.
1734, leaving a daughter, Mehitabel, who married
38 The Alston Family.
Robert Temple of Boston, Aug. 11, 1721, and was
mother of Sir John Temple, 8th Bart.
7. Mary m. Robert Nelson, Esq., of Gray's Inn.
From the foregoing records we find John Alston, -econd
son of William Alston and Thomasiu Brooke, was born
about 1665 or 6. Again another John Alston, son of
John Alston and Anne Wallis and first cousin to tht
above John, son of William, was baptized i » 1673, Dec.
5th, thus being about eight years younger.
The Alstons as a family had very marked characteris-
tics. In personal appearance they were tall, erect, muscu-
lar, with florid complexion, blue eyes, and brown or flaxen
hair. They held much wealth, though not given to money-
making as a business, and have but seldom been pander-
ers for political preferment, or sought public honors
They have rather acted the part of wealthy country gentle
men who lived well, bestowed upon their families all th
pleasures and luxuries which circumstances could afforc
and dispensing hospitality with a liberal hand. Stron
in their attachments and unyielding in their antagonism..,
they have ever been ready to make common cause wii ■
friend, defend injured innocence, befriend the weak, <
fight against whatever they conceived to be injustic
wrong oroppression, and as masters were kind and co
siderate to their servants. Their own conduct being op*
and above board, they held in abhorrence all sham
pretense of every kind, or anything that savored
dishonesty or meanness, preferring death to dishorn .
Brave and unflinching in battling with the vicissitudes f
life, they have borne their name proudly in prosperity ■' 1
poverty alike.
Their women, while always proud of their ancesl 1
lineage, and holding its traditions, have been kind, lov. ig
and gentle in their home-life, unfaltering in their devoti n,
true and faithful in all that goes to make up the sum of o-
mestic and social endearment and happiness, cherishiag
virtue as the crowning jewel of womanhood.
mmmc
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The Alston Family. 39
JOHN ALLSTON— 1666-1719.
While it is not known certainly when he came to the
Carolina colony, every indication points to his coming with
Governor John Archdale in 1694, who was sent from Eng-
land and was in control during the year 1695.
It has been stated that he administered upon the estate
of John Harris, but this does not appear upon the records,
nor does it appear who was the father of his wife, the
records of the court having been carefully examined by
Rev. Robert Wilson, whose notes are herewith appended.
John Harris— Abstract of Will — Dated 8th of Ffeb.,
1692-3— Recorded 20th Dec, 1693.
"I, John Harris, of Berkeley Co., Tanner." Mentions :
"Elizabeth, ye daughter of Sarah Saunders ; Deare wife
Elizabeth Harris. Lambert Saunders. Loving Brother Mr.
Ffrancis Turges. Trustee friend John Alexander." Be-
queathes lands, cattle, two or three negro slaves, silver
tankard, pewter plates, etc., 150 tanned deer skins, raw
deer skins, calf skins, hides, etc.
Francis Turges was first husband of Elizabeth, daughter
of Landgrave Danl. Axtell, whose second husband was
Gov. Joseph Blake.
John Alexander was husband of her sister, Ann Axtell,
afterwards Mrs. Joseph Boone.
Estate administered 4th of Mar., 1693, by Elizabeth
Harris, widow, James Le Bas, "De Rousserye" and Jos.
Pamor.
Inventory sworn by above, 15th of June, 1694. (Grant
by Gov. Thos. Smith, 27th of March, 1694.)
40 John Allston— 1666-1719—
Indenture by Mr. John Allston, gent, and Mrs. Eliza-
beth Harris, "alias Allston," 13th of Aug., 1695, late John
Harris, gent.," etc.
All the above from original autograph documents,
Book 1693-9. Copies in later book.
We next append an abstract which has been preserved
of his will) the original will most probably having been
destroyed with other old records by Sherman's army
when they passed through Columbia.
Will of John Allston, of St. John's Berkeley, So. Caro-
lina. Dated Jan'y 2d, 1718. Proved Nov. 30, 1719.
Witnesses : Samuel Martin, Thos. Mitchell, John Nun-
kin and Anthony Biddis.
To his wife Elizabeth he bequeathed "his grey mare and
her three-year-old mare," besides a liberal provision in
land and otherwise.
His children were, viz. :
1. John, 400 acres joining Henry Fairwell's laud, and
500 acres run out for Miss Rebecca .Harris, and
joining "Whiskenboo."
2. William, a plantation of 490 acres called "Indian
Jack."
3. Elizabeth, 500 acres.
4. Mary, a tract on the east side of "Whiskenboo," in-
cluded in the plat and grant of "my Lady Blake's
land."
5. Peter, 500 acres called "Whiskenboo."
6. Tomassin, 500 acres joining her sister Elizabeth's tract.
He left his wife and Percival Pawley, Executrix and
Executor.
The following abstracts of the will of the eldest son
John and of his eldest son John will here be inserted, also
marriage contract.
and His Descendants. 41
"Articles of agreement beetween Sarah Beliu, widow, of
the one part, and John Allston, Sr., widower, of the sec-
ond part : Whereas, a marriage is intended shortly to be
had and solemnized between the said Sarah Belin and
John Allston upon the 10th inst.," etc.
10th day of Nov., 1748. (Recorded 7th April, 1750.)
John Allston Abstct. Will.
"I, John Allston, of Craven Co., Parish of Prince
George, Planter.
Date: 24th of Mar., 1749-50. Proved: 11th of May,
1750.
"Loving wife, Sarah Allston, personalty with reversion
to sons Josias, Samuel and William, £100 in lieu of
dower as per agreement (vide supra).
"Eldest son, John, 490 acres, bounding on land of John
Allston, son of William, etc. Also part of tract on Wac-
camaw River, being part of tract of 700 acres, 'for which
I have His Majesty's grant.' Also 137 acres more. Re-
version to son, Josias Allston. Son Josias, 1 negro boy;
other personalty. Son Samuel, 640 acres on Waccamaw.
Also acres, part of 700 acres before mentioned.
Personalty. Son William, 300 acres purchased of brother
Peter. Also 150 acres more. Personalty. Son John, 1
moiety lot in Georgetown, No. 84. Personalty. Son
Josias, other half said lot. Sons Samuel and William, lot
in Georgetown, No. 94. Son-in-law Benjamin Marion T
320 acres. William Lupton, other part of 700 acres above
mentioned. Daughter Martha, use of three slaves for life.
(Illegible, paper destroyed.) Sons Josias, Samuel and
William residue of estate ; youngest sons, Samuel and
William, under 18. Exrs. : Sons John and Josias."
42 John Allston— 1666-1719—
John Allston, Jr., Abstr. of Will.— Date, 28th
of Aug., 1750. — No date of proof or record.
"I, John Allston, of Prince George's Parish, planter,
brother-in-law Esther Marion (sic) beloved wife Esther
Allston. Child my'wife is now pregnant with. Children
Martha, Elizabeth, Hester, Elinor, and the child, etc. (as
above). (Illegible, paper destroyed.) Friends and brothers
Thomas Mitchell, Josias Allston and Benjamin Marion.
1 JohnA Allston d. May, 1750 = 1st Deborah, 5 chd.,
m. 2d Sarah Belin (widow). 10th of Nov.,
1748. No issue.
4 I. John Allston= Esther Marion (q. v.).
5 II. Josias Allston, born 1731= 1st Esther Simons (q. v.).
2d Ann Proctor (q. v.).
3d Esther Brown (q. v.).
III. Samuel Alston, no further record.
6 IV. William Allston d. July 31, 1781 = 1st Anne
Simons in 1763 (q. v.).
2d Rachel Moore in 1775 (q. v.).
V. Martha Allston= Benjamin Marion ; issue,
viz. :
(1) AnuzzzThomas Roche.
(2) Martha=l, Patrick Roche; 2, PaulWarley.
(3) Catharine=Thompson Whitehouse.
(No further record of this family.)
Jf. John Allston = Esther Marion (dau. of Gabriel and
Esther Marion, and sister to General Francis
Marion and Isaac, his brother. After the death
of John Allston, his widow, Esther, married Dr.
Thomas Mitchel, of Georgetown, S. C, and left
a large family); issue:
7 I. Martha = Benjamiu Young (q. v.).
II. Elizabeth= Benjamin Simons (no record).
III. Hester died at 18 years of age.
and His Descendants. 43
IV. Eleanor=Peter Simons ; issue, 2 Ch., viz. :
(1) John Simons=z Elizabeth LesPey re.
(2) Elizabeth Maurice Simons.
V. John died in infancy.
7 Benjamin Young= Martha Allston ; issue, 9 chil-
dren, of whom only 6 passed childhood, viz. :
I. Archibald.
II. Thomas=and had a dau., Eliza Maria Young.
III. Anna=James Bond Read of Savannah, Ga.
IV. Mary = William B. Bulloch of Savannah ;
issue, viz. :
(1) Laura=Joseph L. Locke.
(2) Mary = Ed. Neufville.
Benjamin Young may have been the same who subse-
quently married Mary Allston (q. v.).
5 Josias ALLSTON=May 26th, 1752, Esther Simons,
who d. Feb. 19th, 1753. She was the daughter of Francis
Simons and Ann his wife, and was married by Rev. Alex-
ander Garden of St. Thomas Parish. After the death of
Francis Simons his widow Ann married Videau aud be-
came the mother of Francis Marion's wife. Josias' wife,
Esther, gave birth to twins, the elder of whom, John, died
and the other, Francis, survived. After the death of his
wife, Josias again was married, May 1st, 1755, by Rev.
Alex. Garden, to Ann (daughter of Stephen and Hannah
Proctor), who bore him 9 children. She was born May
7th, 1731, and died Feb'y 28th, 1773, leaving an infant
daughter, and was buried in Brunswick, North Carolina,
where the family had removed. After the death of his
wife Ann, Josias returned to St. James, Santee, and mar-
ried his 3d wife, Esther Brown, who bore him a posthu-
mous son, Josias, and after her husband's death married
Rev. Lance.
Josias died Sep. 27th, 1776, and his will was proved
44 John Allston— 1666-1719—
before Isaac Marion, J. P., Dec. 9th, 1776. His sons,
Francis and John, executors. His children were
8. I. Francis, born Feb. 5th, 1753=issue, 3 ch"
(q. v.).
9. II. John, born Feb'y 28th, 1756=&had2 ch-
(q. v.).
III. Hannah, born Dec. 13th, 1757 — no further
record.
IV. William, born Oct. 4th, 1759, died Dec. 23d,.
1776.
V. Martha, born Sep. 20th, 1761, died 1765.
10. VI. Ann, born Dec. 3d, 1763= — De Lepline;
issue 1 dau. (q. v.).
11. VII. Benjamin, born Oct. 6th, 1765=3 times (q. v.).
VIII. Martha, 2d of name, born Feb. 8th, 1768 ;
no other record.
IX. Joseph, born June 25th, 1770; no other re-
cord .
12. X. Mary Stead, born 1773=Daniel DuPre (q. v.).
XI. Josias, bom 1777 (d. s. p.).
8 Francis ALLSTON=issue 1 son and 1 daughter, viz. i
I. Dr. William Allston, a prominent physician of
Georgetown, S. C, and buried in the churchyard
there ; married Mary Pyatt, and their dau. mar-
ried Dr. Theodore Gourdine and bore 3 sons, viz. :.
(1) Theodore, who = and left one son, Samuel
Gourdine.
(2) William Allston Gourdine = Anna
White, one-half sister to Edward B.
White, and had 2 children, viz. : Allston
and Anna.
(3) Samuel {d. s. p.).
II. Eliza=John Blake White, the historical painter
of Charleston, S. C. They have 4 children, viz. :.
and His Descendants. 45
(1) Edward B. White=Miss Adams, issue
viz. : Miss Sara Elizabeth White of Tal-
lulah Falls, Ga.
(2) Allston White=Miss Simmons (s. p.).
(3) Alonzo White=Miss Ingraham, and left
several children living in Charleston, S. C.
(4) Adeline—Gen'l Abbott VV. Brisbane.
9 John ALLSTON=issue 2 sons, viz. :
I. George, killed by a fall from his horse; (s. p.).
II. Josias William=Lydia, dau. of George Mor-
rall of Prince George, Winyah, moved and
settled in St. Luke's Parish, 1805, and died in
1812. They had 2 daughters who married, but
left no issue, and one son, viz. : Benjamin
George, who never married, he fought the duel
with Hayne, and in his after life would not per-
mit any allusion to it in his presence. The sen-
sational article relating to his duelling "pen-
chant," which was published a few years since
in the New York Illustrated Recor'd, and headed
" The Fighting Alstons," was a gross perver-
sion, not only of his character, but of that of
his kinsman alluded to as " Honest Willie."
10 DeLepline—Ann Allston ; issue, 1 son and 1 daugh-
ter, viz. :
I. Francis DeLepline married and left no issue.
II. Esther = Mr. Cripps and had one son, John, and
one dau., Allston. After the death of Mr. Cripps
his widow married Cap't Monck.
(1) John Cripps was Secretary of Legation to
Gen'l Gadsden in Mexico, where he also
married and left one daughter.
(2) Allston Cripps = Dr. Richard Allen and
had one scji, viz. : Captain William Allen
46 John Allston— 1666-1719—
who was murdered by deserters, and he left
one dau., who married Rev. ■ Wetmore
of Asheville, N. C.
11 Benjamin Allston = 1st to Miss Cook; issue, 3
dau. 2d, to Dorothy, widow of Col. Singleton, s. p. 3d,
Miss Coachman, niece of Col. Siugleton, s. p. His
daughters (1) Ann and (2) Mary died unmarried. (3)
Martha married John Francis Pyatt and had 3 chil-
dren, viz. :
I. Charlotte = Rev. Paul Trapier. Their sons died
early.
II. John Francis Pyatt, Jr. = dau. of John No-
well and left 3 ch. Of these
(1) Martha — - Boykin Heyward and had
2 sons, viz. : Boykin and Allston.
(2) John Saville Pyatt = dau. of D. H.
Smith, and have 6 children, viz. :
I. John Saville Pyatt.
II. Mary. III. Charlotte.
IV. Edward. V. David, and
VI. Julia Pyatt.
III. Joseph Benjamin Pyatt dau. of Col. J. J.
Wood, and have 5 children, viz. :
(1) Martha Pyatt, unm.
(2) Penelope James R. Parker, and had
one son, James R. Parker, Jr.
(3) Allston Pyatt is a planter and unmarried.
(4) Catherine, unm.
(5) Maham is a lawyer and member of the
Legislature.
and His Descendants. 47
12 Daniel Dupre = Mary Stead Allston, issue, 3
children, viz. :
50. (1) Daniel DuPre, born Oct. 16th, 1793; married
1815 to Sarah Margaret Hibben of Mount
Pleasant, S. C, and have issue (q. v.).
(2) Mary DuPre = James J. B. White of S. C,
and had one son, who died in Philadelphia.
(3) Rebecca DuPre = James Edward Jerman,
and had four children, viz. :
(a) Edward DuPre Jerman = Cornelia
Klepstein of Winchester, Va. Of 6
children only one survives.
(b) Dr. Thomas Palmer Jerman, a promi-
nent citizen and practitioner of Ridge-
J way, N. C. ; married Lucy Beverly
Sydnor of Mecklenburg, Va., and had
I 6 children, viz. :
i
I (1) Beverly Sydnor= 1st Miss
Borden of Goldsboro, N. C,
* and have one son.
= 2d Miss Montgomery of
Concord, N. C.
(2) Thomas Palmer = Miss Petty
of Carthage, 1ST. C, and have
one child.
(3) Lucy Thweatt = Dr. Thomas
Barker Williams of Ridge-
way, N. C. They have 4
children (</. v.).
(4) Carrie = Robert Keith Dar-
gan, of Darlington, S. C...
and have 1 dau., Esther
Palmer, living with Dr. Jer-
man.
48 John Allston— 1666-1719—
(5) Rebecca Allston and (6) Mary
DuPre died imm.
(c) Allston Cahnsac = Louis Ivlepstein of
Winchester, Va. (s. p.).
(d) Mary DuPre = Dr. John Y. DuPre ; no
surviving issue.
SO Daniel DuPre = Sarah Margaret Hibben; 9
ch., viz. :
51. I. Warren, born 1816, married 1838 to Sarah Barks-
dale Sydnor who died in 1841. He then m. her
sister, Mary Ann, who d. 1896, issue (q. v.).
II. Hibben, born 1817, accidentally shot fatally 1825.
III. Hannah .Napier, b. 1820, d. in infancy.
IV. Samuel Allston, b. 1822, d. in infancy.
52. V. Ann Allston, b. 1824, m, in 1845 to John A. Le-
land, issue (q. v.).
VI. Sarah Wells, b. 1829, m. in 1854 to Rev. Edwin
T. Williams, a Missionary to Africa, and died
June, 1855 (s. p.).
VII. John Younge, b. 1827, m. 1st Mary Jerman (no
surviving issue); m. 2d Ann A. Jervey ; have
3 surviving children, viz. : John, Jervy and Em-
mie; all are unm.
A T III . Daniel Allston, b. 1831, m. Emma Calhoun in
1858, who is now living. He died leaving one
son, D. C. Calhoun DuPre, of Greenwood, S. C,
who is married and has four or five children.
IX. Andrew Hibben, b. 1834, m. Essie Ann Mc-
Clelland and have 4 children.
(1) Sallie Girardeau, m. Robert Royal and have large
family.
(2) James DuPre, unm.
(3) John Younge DuPre, unm.
(4) Andrew DuPre, unm.
and His Descendants. 49
52 John A. Leland = Ann Allston DuPre, have
3 surviving children.
I. Ann Leland = W. W. Kennedy and have two
children living.
II. Sallie Leland = W. J. Sanders in 1881. They
have 1 son living.
III. Allston Leland— Effie Williams, and they
have two little girls.
51 Warren DuPre = Sarah Barksdale Sydnor
had 1 child, Sallie, still living. By his 2d wife Mary
Ann Sydnor, 8 children, viz. :
I. Beverly Sydnor, born January 22, 1846, d. 1855.
53. II. Daniel Allston, b. May 15, 1848, m. January 8,
1880, to Helen Capers Stevens, issue (q. v.).
54. III. Mary Ann, b. 1850, m. 1872 = Samuel N. Hol-
land, issue (q. v.).
IV. Lucy Palmer, b. 1853, d. 1860.
55. V. Anna Leland, b. 1855, died 1893, m. 1879 to
Charles Forster Smith, issue (q. v.).
VI. Warren DuPre, b. 1859, m. 1887 to Carrie
Duncan, issue 2 ch.
(1) Wallace Duncan, b. Dec. 10, 1889.
(2) Mary Sydnor, b. July, 1897.
56. VII. Gertrude Henry, b. 1861, m. 1883, Wilbur Emory
Burnett, issue (q. v.).
VIII. William Beverly DuPre, b. 1864, m. 1894
to Selina Lipscomb and have 3 children.
(1) Anna, b. 1895.
(2) William Beverly, b. 1897.
(3) Margaret Carlisle, b. 1899.
53 Daniel Allston DuPre, Pres. Female College
Spartanburg S. C.=Helen Capers Stevens, 4 children,
viz. :
4 al
50 John Allston— 1666-1719—
I. Fayssoux Stevens, b. Nov. 27, 1880.
II. Mary Sydnor, b. Jan. 14, 1883.
III. Helen Allston, b. Dec. 11, 1887.
IV. Grace Annett, b. March 21, 1894.
54- Samuel N. Holland = Mary Ann DuPre, 6 chil-
dren, viz. :
I. Mary Jeanett, b. Dec. 1873, married J. Prewitt.
II. William DuPre, b. Dec, 1875.
III. Falsy Henry, b. Dec, 1879.
IV. Bessie, b. 1881.
V. Samuel, b„ 1883.
VI. Gertrude, b. 1886.
55 Charles Forster Smith = Anna Leland DuPre,.
5 children, viz. :
I. Warren DuPre Smith, b. May, 1880, in Leipsie,
Germany.
II. Julia Forster, b. Sept., 1881, in America.
III. Anna Bell, b. June, 1883, in America.
IV. Charles Forster, b. April, 1886, in America.
V. Daniel DuPre, b. April, 1893, in America.
56 Wilbur Emory Burnett = Gertrude Henry Du-
Pre, 8 children, viz. :
I. Warren DuPre Burnett, b. July 15, 1884.
II. Mary Alice, b. Feb., 1886.
III. Gertrude Henry, b. March, 1887.
IV. Wilbur Emory, b. Feb., 1889, d. 1890.
V. Jackson Smith, b. July, 1891.
VI. Anna, b. Oct., 1893, died 1894.
VII. Helen Capers, b. Oct., 1895.
VIII. Wilbur Emory, b. January, 1898.
6 Captain William Allston, Jr., = July 21, 1763,
Anne Simons (dau. of Benjamine Simons, Esquire (1713-
and His Descendants. 51
1772), commanding general of South Carolina in 1769)
by Rev. Alexander Garden of St. Thomas Parish. Their
children were —
13. I. Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1766= William Hasell
Gibbs, 12 children (q. v.).
14. II. Benjamin Allston, b. Jan. 28, 1768 = Charlotte
Anne Allston, dau. of William Allston =Sa-
bina Atchison, 6 children (q. v.).
III. A son born 1770 and died in early infancy. Anne
Simons Allston died March 6, 1773, and Wm.
Allston, Jr., was married by Rev. Alexander
Garden on Jan. 19, 1775, to Rachel Moore,
dau. of John Moore = Elizabeth Vanderhorst.
Her children were —
IV. A daughter born in 1776, and died in early in-
fancy.
V. John Allston born Aug. 28, 1777, and died in in-
fancy.
15. VI. Mary Allston born Sept. 6, 1778 = 1st to Ben-
jamin Young, and had daughter, Eliza Young.
She married 2d William Algernon Alston, 2
children (g. v.).
VII. Washington Allston, born Nov. 5, 1779, died
July 9, 1843. He first married in 1809 to
Ann Channing, dau. of Wm. Channing, a
lawyer of eminence in Newport, and a grand-
daughter of Wm. Ellery, one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence. She died
in 1815 in London. After her death Allston,
on June 1st, 1830, married Martha K. Dana
dau. of the late Francis Dana, Chief Justice of
Massachusetts, and cousin on the maternal side
to his first wife.
VIII. William Moore Allston b. Sept. 25th, 1781 =
Ann R. Rogers, 5 Ch., viz.:
52 John Allston— 1666-1719—
(1) Samuel E. Allston.
(2) Harriet Allston.
(3) John E. Allston.
(4) Jane R.= Amory, and died 1876.
(5) Washington Allston.
[No further record of this family.]
The above Wm. Moore Allston was a posthumous son
and not mentioned in his father's will.
James Moore immigrated to South Carolina and settled
in St. James Berkeley about 1685. As tradition tells, he
was a grandson of the brilliant and famous Roger Moore
(or More), leader of the Irish rebellion of 1641. He was
made governor of the colony in 1700. He married the
only child of a former governor, Sir Joseph Yeamens,
Bart., by whom he had a son, James, who was also made
governor in 1719, having before then, as commander of
the forces of the colony, gained great distinction in wars
against the Indians. His sou, John, married Rachel
Villeponteux, a Huguenot lady. Their son, John, married
Elizabeth Vanderhorst, also a Huguenot, and their dau.,
Rachel Moore, was married Jan'y 19, 1775, to Captain
William Allston, who died in 1781. Her son, Washing-
ton Allston, very early manifested marked talent, and his
education was conducted with much care. As a painter, he
ranks among the most noted that have ever lived, either in
Europe or America, and wherever known his prominent
merits have been recognized. His excellencies were not
confined to artistic culture alone, but he was also gifted as
a writer, and in purity of life, chastity of language, origi-
nality of conception, with high sense of honor, united to
refined social and domestic attractions, he stands forth
among the illustrious men of the age.
Dr. Henry C. Flagg, who had been chief of the medical
staff of General Greene's army during the Revolution, re-
and His Descendants. 53
rnained South after the close of the war and married the
widow of Captain Allston. Among their descendants have
been and continue to be artists of national fame. (See life
of Washington Allston, by Flagg.)
The following extract from Weem's Life of Marion will
be of interest :
"During the struggles of the present year (1781) Cap-
tain William Allston, of True-Blue, on Little River, All
Saints Parish, Waccamaw, served under General Marion.
He was a firm patriot and a good soldier. Indeed, he may
well be enumerated among the martyrs to the cause of his
country, for having been seized with a fever in camp, he
had scarcely time to reach his home, where he expired at
a middle age. He left behind him his last wife, two sons
and a daughter. His younger son he named after the
illustrious Washington, and he has since proved himself to
be highly worthy of that distinction. In this son will be
readily recognized the distinguished artist, 'Washington
Allston', whose pencil has bestowed celebrity upon the
place of his birth, and whom every American should be
proud to claim as his countryman."
"In the name of God, amen. I, William Allston, Gent.,
of All-Saints Parish in Craven County, in the Province of
South Carolina, Planter, being of sound mind and memory,
hereby make this my last will and testament in manner
and form following, that is to say :
"I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty
God that gave it, in hope of a glorious resurrection thro'
the intercession of our blessed Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
My body I desire may be decently interred at the discretion
of my executors, and as to the worldly goods which has
pleased God to bestow upon me, I dispose of in the manner
following:
"Imprimis, it is my will and desire that all my just debts
and funeral expenses be first paid and discharged.
54 John Allston— 1666-1 719—
"Item. I give and bequeath unto my 2 children, Eliza
and Benj., the sum of .£4300 currency, that being the sum
I received from the estate of their grandfather, Benjamin
Simons, Esquire, to be equally divided between them and
their respective heirs.
"Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Ra-
chel, and her heirs and assigns forever, 3 negroes named
Maryan, Beck and Abraham, and their increase; also all
my household and kitchen furniture that may be in or be-
longing to my house in town (Chars Town); also of my best
horses that she may make choice of, and all my light car-
riages ; and also she shall (if she chooses) live on either of
my settled places during the time she remains my widow
and no longer.
"Item. I also give unto my beloved wife, Rachel, the
use of my house in Chas. during the time she remains my
widow, and no longer.
"Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Eliza,
and her heirs and assigns, one negro wench, Minerva, and
her child, Cain, and her future increase. Then I give and
bequeath unto my other 3 children, Benjamin, Mary and
Washington, and to their heirs and assigns, a young negro
to each of them, which shall be chosen either by them-
selves or by my executors at any time before the division
of my estate. Then I give and bequeath to my son Benja-
min and to his heirs and assigns torever, the plantation
whereon I now live, extending from river to sea, contain-
ing 932 acres, and is clearly distinguished by No. 1 in a
general platt hereunto annexed. Then I give and bequeath
to my son Washington, and to his heirs and assigns forever,
a plantation consisting of 3 tracts of land, the one on the
river called the Spring, containing 385 acres, and clearly
distinguished by No. 2, and red lines in the general platt
hereunto annexed, and the other tract of land on the sea-
side, containing 483 acres, and is also distinguished in the
and His Descendants. 55
general platt hereunto annexed, by No. 2, and red lines,
and also one other tract of land on the seaside adjoining
the last mentioned tract on the north, and is the same
I purchased from Mr. Joseph Allston (formerly
Montgomery's) containing 110 acres.
"Item. I give and bequeath to my 2 daughters, Eliza
and Mary, and their heirs and assigns forever, all my other
lands, consisting of one lot in Chas. Town (with the in-
cumbrance on it before mentioned) also one lot in George
Town; one tract of land on Sampit, containing 750 acres,
and 2 other tracts of land on plat containing 300 acres ;
the whole of which land to be equally divided between
them by my executors either by division or by sale
of such lands at any time my executors may think proper,
and the monies arising therefrom to be put to interest or
laid out in any other property that my executors shall
think most beneficial for the respective heirs.
"Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Ra-
chel, and unto all my children, Eliza, Benjamin, Mary and
Washington, and their respective heirs and assigns, the
whole of the residue or remainder of my estate, to be
equally and justly divided between them by my executors,
share and share alike, which division shall be made by first
having a regular and just appraisement and divided into
so many lots or shares of equal value, from which each
heir shall draw their respective lot, or share, at such time
as follows, that is to say, my beloved wife, Rachel, re-
ceive her share or dividend immediately after she ceases to
be my widow, or at any time before when she shall demand
the same of my executors, which said lot or share and oth-
er bequests to her before made are to be deemed and taken
by her in lieu of her right of dower to any part of my
lands, and other claims or demands which she may have to
any other part of my estate, except the sum given by her
father, which, by a marriage settlement, is secured to her
56 John Allston— 1666-1719—
and her issue, and ray children above mentioned shall like-
wise receive their respective share or dividend to be deliv-
ered to them by my executors as they shall respectively
arrive at the age of 21 years or day of marriage, which
shall first happen, aud in case of the death of either child
before marriage or age of 21 years, then and in that case such
child's share or proportion of my estate to be divided be-
tween the survivors or survivor of them and their heirs
respectively, then it is my will and desire that the negroes
owning to my beloved wife, Rachel, from the division of
my estate shall (if she choose) continue there on shares on
my estate under the direction of my executors during the
time she remains my widow and no longer.
"Item. In case either of my sons should happen to die
before and under age, then in that case it is my will and
desire that my surviving son shall take the plantation
whereon I now live (the same being before given to my
son, Benj., and the other plantation containing 3 tracts of
land and before mentioned given to my son, Washington)
be divided between my two daughters, Eliza and Mary,
that is to say, they shall draw lots, one of them to have the
river part called the Spring, distinguished by No. 2, and
containing 385 acres, and my other daughter to have the
other 2 tracts of land on the seaside, one of which is distin-
guished by No. 2, and containing 483 acres, and the other
adjoining the same containing 110 acres, my executors
seeing the same done and performed according to my desire
above mentioned.
"Item. And in case the other contingencies should hap-
pen, it is then my will and desire that my other lands on
Sampit — the lot in Charleston and that in George Town
be then equally divided between all my survivors to their
heirs and assigns forever.
"Item. In case all my children shall happen to die be-
and His Descendants. 57
fore marriage and under age, then it is my will that my
estate be disposed of in the following manner:
"Item. On such contingencies I give and bequeath unto
my beloved wife and unto her heirs and assigns forever
one-third part of all my personal property.
"Item. On the contingencies before mentioned I give
and bequeath unto the eldest male of my brother, Josias
Allston, who shall be then living, and his heirs and
assigns forever the plantation whereon I now live, known
by No. 1, containing 922 acres.
"Item. And in case of the above contingencies I give and
bequeath unto the next male heir of my second brother,
Josias, and to his heirs and assigns forever, my other plan-
tation containing 3 tracts of land, distinguished by No. 2,
and containing in the whole 972 acres.
"Item. On the above mentioned contingencies I give
and bequeath uuto my niece, Martha Young, the sum of
£5000 currency, the same to be raised out of the profits of
my estate.
"Item. On the above mentioned contingencies I give
and bequeath unto all the rest of brother's children, and
here before mentioned."
The concluding part has been lost.
13 William Hasell Gibbes, born March 17, 1754, died
Febr'y 14th, 1834; married Aug. 29th, 1782,
Elizabeth Allston, born June 22, 1766, and
died 1806, issue, 12 Ch.
(After the death of his wife, he was again married, to
Mary Philp Wilson) (s. p.).
I. Anne, born, Sept. 17, 1783, died Oct. 18th, 1783.
II. William Allston, born May 4th, 1785, d. July
11th, 1785.
58 John Allston— 1666-1719—
16 III. Eliza, b. Dec. 15th, 1787, d. May 14th, 1853.
Married, Jau'y 22d, 1811, to John Wilson, b.
March 9th, 1789-d. Feb'y 27th, 1833, issue (q. v.).
IV. Harriet, b. March 16th, 1789, d.—
V. William, b. Aug. 3, 1790, d. May 16th, 1792.
VI. Rev. Allston Gibbes, b. Feb. 16th, 1793=Dec.
31st, 1819, to Sarah Chisholm, who died July
21st, 1822.
VII. Washington, b. Jan. 31st, 1795, d.—
VIII. Henry Gibbes, b. March 19th, 1797, d. 1833 =
May 15th, 1820, to Ann Isabella Mayrant, d.
1832.
IX. Rev. William Hasell Gibbes, b. June 8th, 1798,
d. Jan., 1835.
17 X. Edwin Gibbes, b. Oct. 7th, 1799, died June 1st,
1831=Nov. 30th, 1821, to Caroline S. Thayer,
who d. June 7th, 1879, issue (q. v.).
XL Benjamin, b. Feb. 17th, 1801, d. Aug. 26th, 1801-
XII. Sarah Postell, b. Nov. 15th, 1804, d. 1862=in
1852 to Wm. F. Heins.
17 Edwin Gibbes = Caroline S. Thayer, 4 ch., viz. :
(1) Elizabeth A., b. Oct. 25th, 1822, d. July 14th, 1833.
(2) Harriet Lowndes, b. May 10th, 1824, d. Aug. 4th,
1899.
(3) Mary Hasell, b. April 23d, 1826.
(4) William Hasell Gibbes, b. April 7th, 1828.
16 Major John Wilson = Eliza Gibbes, 8 ch., viz.:
18 I. William Hasell, b. Nov. 5th, 1811 = Apr. 26th,
1836, Jane Miller, who died May llth, 1898,
issue (q. v.).
II. John Littlejohn, b. Dec. 1st, 1813, d. Apr. 7th,
1899=Oct. 26th, 1838, Frances M. P. Lewis.
III. Allston, b. Nov. 27th, 1815, d. June llth, 1816.
IV. Sarah Isabel, b. Feb. 18, 1817, d. 1885.
and His Descendants. 59
V. Henry William, b. Jan. 28, 1820, d. June 2d, 1841.
VI. Mary Gibbes, b. Nov. 30, 1822=October 4th,
1854, Thomas D. Lindley.
VII. Allston, b. July 14th, 1824, d. Oct. 21st, 1887=
March 18th, 1852, to Almata Stunecken.
VIII. Alexander James, b. Nov. 28th, 1828, d. Jan.
17th, 1829.
18 William Hasell Wilson = Jane Miller, 7 ch.,
viz.:
19 I. John Allston, b. Apr. 24th, 1837, d. Jan. 19th,
1896=Nov. 4th, 1863, to Elizabeth H. Loyd,
d. Aug. 23d, 1897 ; issue (q. v.).
II. Joseph Miller Wilson, b. June 20th 1838=May
24th, 1869, to Sarah Pettit; 2 daughters, viz.:
(1) Alice May, b. May 10th, 1870, d. in child-
hood ; (2) Mary Hasell, b. April 28th, 1873.
20 III. Emily, b. April 25th, 1840=Nov. 22d, 1864,
Wra. A. Baldwin ; issue (q. v.).
IV. Henry William Wilson, b. Aug. 25th, 1843=
Oct. 15th, 1874, to Harriet M. Morton; issue:
1 son, Arthur Morton, b. July 1st, 1877.
V. Sarah Havard, b. Jan. 3d, 1846.
VI. Mary, b. Sept. 10th, 1850, d. April 11th, 1871.
VII. Susan Downing, b. Sept. 26th, 1853.
19 John Allston Wilson = Elizabeth II. Loyd, 6 ch.,
viz.:
I. Elizabeth Billerby, b. Feb. 13th, 1865=Pharo [or
Farrar] .
II. Jane Miller, b. Feb. 27th, 1867.
III. Emily Loyd, b. Nov. 2d, 1868.
IV. William Hasell, b. Sept. 19th, 1871.
V. John Allston, b. Aug. 16, 1873, and d. Nov. 26th,
1875.
VI. Helen Radcliff, b. Feb. 27th, 1878.
60 John Allston— 1666-1719—
20 William A. Baldwin=Emily Wilson, 5 ch., viz. :
I. Louisa Linn, h. Oct. 28th, 1865, d. July 16, 1866.
II. Jane Wilson, b. Nov. 7, 1867.
III. Joseph Trimble, b. Aug. 11th, 1869, d. July, 1896.
IV. Hasell Wilson, b. Nov. 25th, 1874.
V. Isabella Douglass, b. Feb. 2d, 1877.
(The above records of Gibbes and Wilson were obtained
from the Gibbes chart prepared by Rev. Robert Wilson,
D.D., Charleston, S. C.)
Mr. William Hasell Wilson, aged 89, now living in
Philadelphia, has been all his life a distinguished official
of the Pennsylvania R. R. With his father, Major John
Wilson, he laid out the first engineering work on that
great system. For many years he was chief engineer, then
consulting engineer when too old for active work, and now
holds an honorary position with equal rank. His son,
Joseph M. Wilson, is one of the most distinguished
engineers and architects in the country with an inter-
national reputation.
14. Benjamin Allston = Charlotte Anne Allston, 6
ch., viz. :
21 I. Elizabeth=John H.Tucker; issue (q. v.).
II. Charlotte Allston= John Coachman (s. p.)
III. Mary Allston= — Jones, and had one dau. Char-
lotte, who died unm.
22 IV. General Joseph Waties Allston=3 times (q. v.).
23 V. Robert Francis Withers Allston=Adile Petigru ;
issue (q. v.).
VI. William Washington Allston, died unm.
21 John II. Tucker=Elizabeth Allston, issue two
daughters, viz. :
I. Elizabeths F. Weston, issue (q. v.).
II. Ann Tucker, d. unm.
and His Descendants. 61
F. Weston— Elizabeth Tucker, 8 ch., viz.:
1 — Pauline; 2 — George B. ; 3 — Anna H. ; 4 —
Bentley; 5 — Antonio B.; 6 — Elizabeth B.;
7 — Frances M. ; 8 — John Weston.
22 Joseph Waties Allston=
1st — Sarah Prior, issue, 1 son.
2 d Nicholson, no issue.
3 d — Mary Allan, issue, 2 sons.
Joseph W. Allston was appointed from the South Caro-
lina College to the United States Army by Mr. Madison,
and served in the war of 1812. There were two commis-
sions, viz. : for 3 and 2 Lieutenant. He also took some
part in the Florida War, became General of Militia, and
was very prominent and influential as a citizen. His
children were
I. Benjamin, who died at 8 years.
24- II. Joseph Blyth Allston = Mary North, issue (q. v.).
III. William Allan Allston = his cousin Williame Haig,
Nov. 15th, 1864, at Plantersville and died in Charles-
ton, S. C, Nov. 14th, 1878, without issue.
24. Joseph Blyth Allston = Mary North, 5 ch.,
viz.:
I. Jane L., unm.
II. Mary Allan, d. June 9th, 1862.
III. Louisa=Oct. 6th, 1887, Rev. William Melson Meade,
and lives at Eastville, Northampton Co., Va. (a. p.)
TV. Joseph North ALLSTON=Feb. 14th, 1900, Victo-
ria Augusta McIntosh. They have 1 son, Jos-
eph C, Dec. 5th, 1900.
Y. Caroline Allston, d. Feb, 28th, 1896.
(Joseph Blyth Allston, b. Feb. 8th, 1833, served as
Captain of Infantry through the Confederate War, and was
in prison of Fort Delaware.)
62 John Allston— 1666-1719 —
Extract from Appleton's American Encyclopedia.
" Robert Francis Withers Allston, governor of South
Carolina in 1856-'7, born in All Saints' Parish, Wacca-
maw, of that State, April 21, 1801 ; was educated at home
till his 16th year; entered the military academy at West
Point, Dec, 1817. His was the first class that went
through a regular 4 years' course under Col. Thayer.
Mr. Allston graduated in June, 1821, received an ap-
pointment in the 3d artillery, and was immediately ordered
on the coast survey, under Lt. Col. Kearney, of the topo-
graphical engineers. He assisted in surveying the harbors
of Plymouth and Provincetown, Mass., and the entrance of
Mobile bay. But domestic duties required that he should
leave the service, which he did at the close of those labors;
and he retired upon a small patrimony, becoming a rice -
planter on the Great Pedee. He surveyed his lands in
person, reclaimed a wild territory, and found his military
education eminently useful in laying out the course of
canals, embankments, etc.
In all these works he proved highly successful, and has
become one of the most thorough, well-informed and pros-
perous of the southern rice-planters, contributing greatly
to the improvement of this peculiar sort of culture.
In 1823, he was made surveyor-general of the State, an
office which he filled worthily 4 years. In 1828, he was
returned by the people of Winyah to the lower house of
the legislature. In 1832, he was sent to the senate. He
continued to be returned to this body at each election, was
finally made president of the senate in 1850, and left it
only when elected governor of the State.
His career has been one of continued employment, public
and private, and unvaried usefulness in all relations. His
ambition aimed at usefulness only. In its exercise he has
been modest, gentle of demeanor, courteous always, and
dulv considerate of the claims of others. His morals are
and His Descendants. 63*
beyond reproach. As a politician, he belongs to the States'
Rights school of Calhoun. But he has never suffered him-
self to sink into the partisan. He has always steadily
avoided ultraism ; shrunk from controversy ; was too mild
and genial of nature to suffer his political course to run
into any extremes; and while honestly proud of the honors
bestowed upon him by his people, has never so hungered
after office as to make a single sacrifice of feeling or char-
acter in its pursuit. Agriculture and education, the free
or public school system, especially, were always the leading
objects of his care while iu the legislature. As a planter,
his progress in improvement has been steady and decided.
He is one of those by whose industry, intelligence, and
active exertions, the rice culture of the Southern States
has gone so far beyond that of the regions from which this
nutritious grain was originally introduced. He has con-
trived and introduced better modes of culture, better varie-
ties of seed, and farm stocks, and farming implements of
every kind. His was the first thresher ever erected on the
Pedee. He devotes annually a considerable portion of his
income to the work of improvement, to new inventions in
machinery, structure, manuring, caualling, embanking,-
etc. To economize capital, labor, time, to keep his land
especially 'in heart/ by feeding properly, and duly resting,
are among the prominent secrets of his success. Com-
mencing with 300 acres, he now cultivates 1,300, of which
about 1,000 are in rice. He is identified with many of
the improvements of his precinct. He is an indulgent
master. Himself a religious man, his negroes are carefully
instructed in morals and religion. Their tasks are easy,
and under his management they work with regularity and
system. He has built them a rustic church on each of his-
plautations, where a missionary attends them regularly,
and they have their frequent prayer-meetings beside, where-
persons of their own color assist in their instruction.
64 John Allston— 1666-1719—
Gov. Allston's life is that of a model gentleman and
planter. No citizen commands more certainly the respect
of the people for his virtues, intelligence, and perfect
amiability of character and conduct. He resides, during
the winter, at his plantation, called ' Chicora Wood/ on
the Pedee ; and during the summer months, on the Wacca-
maw Beach seashore, where the climate is genial, the sea-
bathing excellent, and the fish particularly fine, various
and plentiful. He is a hospitable gentleman, who natu-
rally asserts all the virtues of the old school gentry."
*28 Robert Francis Withers Allston = Adile Peti-
oru, 5 ch., viz. :
25. I. Rev. Benjamin Allston, b. Feb. 26th, 1833, d. Jan.
15th, 1900; married Feb. 25th, 1864, Ellen Stan-
ley Robinson of Texas, who died 1875, issue (q. .v).
26. II. Adile Allston = A. Vander Horst, issue (q. v.).
III. Elisabeth W. = John Julius Pringle, who died
without issue.
IV. Charles Petigru Allston '= Emily Lowndes, 4
ch., viz. :
(1) Julius, died unm; (2) JohnEarl; (3) Richard Lowndes;
(4) Susan.
V. Jane Louise = Charles A. Hill, an Englishman,
25 Benjamin Allston = Ellen Stanley Robinson, 5
ch., viz. :
I. Adile; II. Mary D.; III. Louisa D.
IV. Charlotte = Jan. 3d, 1900, Maurice Augustus
Moore, and have a son, Benjamin Allston Moore,
b. Dec. 5th, 1900. They reside at Union, S. C.
V. Robert Francis Withers Allston, Jr., resides at Tryon,
N. C.
26 A. Van der Horst = Adile Allston, 7 ch., viz. :
I. Adile A. II. Anna M. III. Elias. IV. Frances.
and His Descendants. 65
V. Elisabeth P. VI. Arnoldus, and VII. Rob-
ert A. Van der Horst.
Tribute to the Memory of Rev. Ben}. Allston, late Rector of
St. John's Episcopal Church, Winnsboro, S. C.
"Mr. Allston was born in Charleston, S. C, and was
the eldest son of Gov. R. F. W. Allston and Adile Peti-
gru, sister of James L. Petigru, E^q., the famous lawyer.
He entered West Point at the age of sixteen, the youngest
member of his class, and graduated in June, 1853. Among
his class-mates were Gens. Schofield aud Craighill, U. S.A.
After graduation, he was assigned to the Cavalry Corps,
and sent on a Trans-Mississippi expedition, a branch of
which service he commanded as a lieuteuant. After a few
years of active service, during which he traversed nearly
all the Western States, he resigned from the U. S. Army
in April, 1858. He then engaged in rice-planting until
the beginning of the War for Southern Independence,
when he raised, aud assisted greatly in equipping, a com-
pany of cavalry, which he desired to go to Virginia, but
failing in this, he resigned as Captain and reported in per-
son at Richmond. After a few weeks drilling artillery,
he was commissioned Major of the 19th Mississippi In-
fantry, under Col. Motte and Lieut. Lamar, which com-
mand served under Geu. Kirby Smith at Manassas Junc-
tion. After this Mr. Allston served as Colonel of the 4th
Alabama Infantry, while Col. Law was recovering from a
severe wound inflicted at Manassas. After serving some
time around Norfolk, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel,
aud sent to East Tennessee to report to Gen. Kirby Smith
at Knoxville, where he was wounded iu the side. In Jan-
uary, 1863, he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi
department as Inspector-General for Geu. Kirby Smith,
and continued in this capacity, as well as Chief of the
Secret Service, until the surrender.
5 al
66 John A llston— 1666-1 719 —
After the war Mr. Allstou engaged in rice-planting, and
for some years was lay-reader in the chapel at Planters-
ville, S. C; and while interested in this, the late Bishop
Howe requested that he take the order of a deacon that he
might be available at funerals and weddings. This led
him into theological studies, and he resolved to make the
sacred work that of his life. About this time he married,
and was called to the rectorship of Prince Fredericks,
PeeDee (Georgetown Co.,) where he did a great deal of
missionary work among the poor. Thence he was called
to Prince George, Winyah, Georgetown, S. C; subse-
quently to the church at Union, S. C, and then to Winus-
bo'ro.
Mr. Allston impressed his character on this community.
He loved truth and sincerity, and abhorred ostentation in
everything. Being thoroughly honest with himself, what-
ever course the path of duty marked out, he pursued with
absolute faith in its rightfulness. Of such a mau, frank-
ness, candor, and often plainness of speech, were logically
characteristic. Yet he was full of sympathy and generous,
and softened the stern character of the trained soldier with
the sweet and tender graces of the Christian."
1^7/ of William Allston, Sr.
In the name of God, Amen. I, William Allston, Senr.,
of Prince George's Parish, Craven Co., in the Province of
South Carolina, being weak and low in body, but of perfect
mind and memory, blessed be God.
Item. After my just debts are paid, I give unto my
loving wife, Esther Allston, three slaves and two rooms in
my dwelling house, with the furniture.
Item. I give and bequeath and devise unto my son,
AVilliam Allston, three tracts of land, etc.
Item. Unto my daughter, Rebecca Marion, a town lot
in Georgetown.
and His Descendants. 67
Item. I give unto my daughter, Esther Allston, three
slaves, named Clareuden, Hercules and Hager.
Item. Unto my daughter Elizabeth Allston, three
slaves.
Item. Unto my son, Joseph,
Unto my daughter, Ann Allston,
Unto my daughter, Mary Allston,
Unto my daughter, Frances A.,
Unto my son, John, etc.
Item. Unto my daughters, viz. : Esther, Elizabeth,
Ann, Mary and Frances Allston, two tracts of land con-
taining 1519 acres. Two lots in Georgetown, unto my
wife and youngest children, to be divided as they come
of age, the boys at 18, and the girls at the age of 17, or
day of marriage.
As soon as my wife marries she shall have no part in
the dwelling house or in affairs of the plantation, but shall
take her dividends and remove.
I appoint my son, William Allston, my brother, John
Allston, my brother, William Poole, my brother, Joseph
LaBruce, my executors. [Signed] Wm. Allston.
29th of January, 1743.
Proved : 12th of April, 1744.
Recorded : 9th of July, 1744.
2 William Allston m..June, 1721, to Esther LaBruce,
[b. 1704- d. 1781]. [The parents of Esther
Margarette LaBruce were Dr. Joseph LaBruce
de Marboeuf, alias LaBrosse, the son of Julien
Marboeuf, of Bretague, France, and Esther
Robins. There is a grant of 727 acres on
Waccamaw, dated Aug. 22d, 1733, made to Jo-
seph LaBruce, who married Elizabeth All-
ston, sister of William.] This Wm. Allston was
Collector of Customs for Georgetown and died
1743 or 4. Their children were:
68 John Allston— 1666-1719—
27 I. Rebecca, b. 1722= Isaac Marion and left issue
(q.v.).
28 II. William, b. 1724=Sabina Atchison, issue, (q.v.).
29 III. Esther, b. 1726= Archibald Johnson, issue, (q.v.).
30 IV. Elizabeth, b. 1728=Thonias Lynch, issue, (q.v.).
V. John, b. 1730, died early in life unm.
31 VI. Joseph, b. 1733, d. June 10, 1784=Charlotte
Rothmahlar, issue, (q.v.).
VII. Anne, b. 1735=Thomas Waties, aud had three
sons, viz. : William, Thomas and John, of whom
we have no further record.
VIII. Mary, b. 1737= John Waties, no issue.
IX. Frances, b. 1 739= Robert Pawley, no issue.
X. John, b. 1741 = Mary Fauchereaud, and had
one daughter, Mary, who 1st married her cousin,
Thomas Allston, (no issue), and 2d— Benjamin
Huger, who was a member of Congress, and en-
tertained the Marquis de Lafayette at his wife's
plantation of Prospect Hill, Waccamaw.
XL Thomas Allston, b. 1744, died unm.
27 Isaac Marion == Rebecca Allston, 2 children viz. :.
[This Isaac Marion was a Justice of the Peace
and also brother to General Francis Marion].
1. Isaac Marion, Jr., of whom there is no further record.
II. Rebecca Marion= Samuel Dwight, 4 children, viz.:
[1] Joseph, [2] Thomas, [4] Francis Dwight, of
whom no record, [3] Samuel DwiGHT=lst, E.
E. Moore, no record ; 2d, Mary E — , no record ;
3d, Emily McDonald ; 9 ch., viz.:
I. Samuel B., II. Isaac M., and III. Oscar D.
Dwight, of whom no record.
IV. Elias Dwight= Charlotte Yeadon.
V. Mary Esther= Henry Raveuel, s. p.
32 VI. Rebecca L.= George S. Bryan, issue (q.v.).
and His Descendants. 69
VII. Mary E.— Peter — her cousin.
VIII. "J ( Charlotte, twin of Harriet, died in
V Twins < infancy.
IX. j (Harriet— Mical Brown, issue, 5 ch.,
viz. : [1] Edward, and [2] Marion Bryan, died
33 without issue, [3] Emily Bryan = J. A. Andrews,
issue, (q.v.), [4] Hattie Bryan=W. M. New-
bold, and had one daughter, Hattie Bryan New-
bold, of whom hereafter, [5] William Bryan=
Amelia Kirchman, and had one son, Edward
Benjamin Bryan.
■32 George S. Bryanr= Rebecca L. Dwight, 7 children, viz. :
I. George Dwight Bryan=Mary Middleton King.
II. Caroline S. Bryau, died in £th year.
III. Isaac Marion Bryanr=Rosa Story.
IV. J. P. Kennedy Bryan= Henrietta C. King, sister
of George's wife.
V. Arthur, and VI. Rebecca Marion are both uum., and
VII. Kate H., died in her 6th year.
S3 J. A. Andrews= Emily Bryan, 11 children, viz.:
I. Archibald B. Andrews= Hattie Bryan New-
bold, issue, 2 ch. viz. : [1] Marion N. and [2]
Emily C. Andrews.
II. Emily C. Andrews=G. 0. Hemminger, and
have 1 son, viz. : James Morroh Hemminger.
III. Thomas B., IV. Elizabeth D., V. William M.
VI. Hattie Marion, VII. Edward B., VIII. H. Wal-
ton, IX. Eudora N.
X. Ellison Capers, and XI. Robert Oliver Andrews.
28 William Allston=Sabina Atchison, issue, 5 ch.,
viz.:
I. Sabina, II. Esther, and III. Mary, were unm.
70 John Allston— 1666-1719—
IV. Elizabeth Frances Allston=Dr. Joseph Blyth, who
was a surgeon in the Continental .Army. They
left no issue.
34. A 7 . Charlotte Anue Allston— Benjamin Allston, [son
of William Allston, Jr., and Anne Simmons] is-
sue (q.v.).
29 Archibald Johnstone, as far as is known, was the first
of his family who came to South Carolina. He was a promi-
neut man in his section of the State, and had a grant of
1,000 acres, March 27th, 1756, in Prince George's District,
also a grant of 1,000 acres in Craven Co., May 2d, 1700.*
Was attorney for Sir Nathaniel Tragagle, of Wiltshire r
Eng., in 1762, and his name appears in many of the
records conceruing the improvements of his district. We
are not informed of his ancestry or previous family history,
but have the following family record :
Archibald Johnstone was married to Esther Allston
by Rev. A. C. Keith. Their 4 children were:
II. William, III. Esther, IV. Archibald — no further
record ; probably died unmarried.
I. Andrew, b. 1748, died January 9th, 1795; and
married Feby. 25th, 1773, to Sarah Elliott Mc-
Kewn, b. Feb. 26th, 1758. He was buried at
Oaks Cemetery, Waccamaw, S. C, and in his
will dated March 19th, 1794, he names as his
executors, William Washington Allston and
William Allston. He left two oh., viz. :
36 I. William Johnstone, b. Sept. 1776, d. Aug. 1840 :
married Anna Maria Pinckney. dau. of Hopson
Pinckney, whose parents, Roger Pinckney and
his wife, Anna Maria Locke, were both buried
* There is probably some error as to this date.
and His Descendants. 71
in Peterborough Cathedral, England. The
parents of Roger Pinckney were Roger and Anna
Pinckney, and are buried in Saruni Cathedral,
England.
II. Esther Ainslie=Robert Francis Withers, no further
record.
36 William Johnstone=Anna Maria Pinckney, 8 eh.,
viz. :
37 I. Anna R.= William T. Maxwell, issue, [q.v.]
38 II. Andrew==lst, Sophia Beaumont Clarkson, issue,
[q.v.] ; 2d, Mary Barnwell Elliott, issue, [q.v.].
III. D. Pinckney= Harriet Pringle, further record
not given.
39 IV. McKewn= Martha Webb, issue, [q.v,].
V. Emma S.=Sirnons Lucas, further record not
given.
If.0 VI. Francis VV\— Eleanor B. Simons, issue, [q.v.].
VII. Eliza S, and VIII, William Henry Johnstone,
probably unm.
37 William T. Maxwell — Anna R. Johnstone, 4
children, viz.:
I. James, II. Pinckney, III. Aiusley, IV. Julia
Maxwellrrr Benjamin Wilson, further record not
given.
38 Andrew Johnstone = Sophia Beaumont Clark-
son, had 1 son,
I. William Johnstone, who m. 1st, Alice L. Frasek>
issue, 9 ch., viz.: [1] William, [2] Isabel, F.,
[3 J Sophia, [4] Alice, [5] William Henry, [6]
Salina, [7] Francis, [8] Mary, and [9] Andrew
Johnstone. By 2d m. Mary Barnwell Elliott
(dau. of Hon. Wm. Elliott, of Beaufort, S. C.) (5
children, viz. :
72 John Allston— 1660-1719 —
I. Elliott= Sarah Lenox Mills, 3 cli., d. young.
II. Annie, d. young.
III. Mary Elliott=Epward Livingston Thompson,
2 ch., viz.: [1] Mary Elliott aud [2] Dorsey
Thonipson ; no further record.
IV. Emma Elliott Johnstone, num., who furnished
these family records.
V. Frances— William Dent, 9 ch., viz.: [lj Wil-
liam, [2] Elliott, [3] Isaiah, [4] Mary, [5] Cath-
erine, [6] John, [7] Richard, [8] Edith, aud [9]
Frank Dent.
VI. Edith— Robert II. Coleman, they have 5 ch, viz.:
[1] Robert, [2] William, [3] Ralph, [4] Neyle,
and [6] Anne Coleman.
39 McKewn Johnstone = Martha Webb, 5 children,
viz.: [1] William, [2] Alice, [3] Sophia, [4]
Frank, and [5] McKewn Johnstou.
10 Francis W. Johnstone = Eleanor B. Simons, 7 ch.,
2 daughters died young; [3] Maria Pinekney,
[4] Eleauor Simons, [5] Sedgewick, [6] Louis,
and [7] Eliza= Reuben Gray.
Jonach Lynch was the first of the name to move iuto
Carolina. They all came from Dublin, having removed
there from Galway, Ireland. The family came from
France with William the Conqueror, 1066, but originally
from Austria, aud the town of Lints, which was "called
after the chief family in the town, whose name was
Lynch," (from family records.)
The coat of arms is a lynx surmounting a visor and
shield, with "fleur de lis," etc.
The family had (until Sherman's raid) several table-
cloths and napkins with the coat of arms woven in the
damask, and a motto "Spemit ftlieia." The shamrock,
and His Descendants. 7o
rose and thistle was the pattern of the cloth. Thomas
Lynch had these woven in Ireland, and they were often
used on state occasions in the family. They were all
stolen aud carried off by General Potter's soldiers, (who
passed through Statesburg, S. C, where the family were)
and used as saddle cloths.
Thomas Lynch was delegated to sign the "Declaration of
Independence," but being too ill at the time they met, his
only son, Thomas Lynch, was chosen to sign in his place.
After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Allston,
Thomas Lynch married Miss Motte, from whom are de-
scended the Hamiltonsand Prioleaus of South Carolina.
30. Elizabeth Allston married Thomas Lynch Sep.
5th, 1745 ; issue 3 children, viz.:
I. Thomas Lynch, Jr. = Miss Shubriok, both lost
at sea. They left no issue.
II. Esther Lynch died unmarried.
III. Sabina Lynch = John Bowman and had 4 chil-
dren, 3 daughters who left no issue (2 of whom
died unmarried), and 1 son, John Bowman, who
changed his name to John Bowman Lynch and
married Miss Campbell of Baltimore. They had
3 sons who died unmarried, and 4 daughters, 3 of
whom died unmarried. The eldest daughter, Sa-
bina Lynch = Paul Dismukes, of Nashville,
Tenn. He was of Huguenot descent, the name
originally being Desmeaux, aud was corrupted into
Dismukes. They had 9 children, of whom
I. Dr. John Lynch Dismukes has 3 sons and
1 daughter, viz.: John — James — Paul —
and Mary.
II. Dr Thomas Terrel Dismukes has 2 sons
and 1 daughter, viz.: Gaston — Thomas
Lynch — and Martha.
74 John Allston— 1666-1719—
III. Paul Dismukes has 3 sons and 3 daughters
living, viz.: James — Ravenel — Lewis — -
Myra — Mary — and Sabina.
IV. Makcus Dismukes has 3 sons and 2 daugh-
ters, viz. : Daniel Don nelson — James —
Marcus — Esther — and Laura.
V to VIII. The daughters were all unmarried except
the youngest.
IX. Sarah Dismukes married John McCrady,
Professor of Mathematics in Charleston
College Sept. 1st, 1859. (During the war
he was engineer under General Beaure-
guard, aud helped to build the batteries
on Morris and James Islands, which were
engaged in the bombardment of Fort
Sumter. Then he was transferred to
Savannah, and was Chief Engineer of the
State of Georgia under Major Harris.
After the war he again filled the Chair of
Mathematics in Charleston College until
1873, when he was chosen by Professor
Louis Agassiz to be his assistant at Har-
vard University in the Chair of Zoology,
and after the death of Agassiz was elected
to fill the chair made vacant by his death.
Feeble health compelled him to resign,
when he was immediately elected Profes-
sor of Zoology at the " University of the
South," Sewauee, which he called the
Professorship of Science and Religion.
He was also asked to deliver a course of
lectures in his particular line of study, at
the Johns-Hopkins University, which he
did in the spring of 1881. His health
was always delicate and in October of
and His Descendants, 7 5
that year he died). They have 5 chil-
dren, viz.:
I. Esther Lynch Bowman Mc-
Crady = Samuel Gourdine
Gaillard of South Carolina,
and have issue.
II. Louisa Rebecca Lane Mc-
Crady = William Hazzard
Barnwell of Charleston, S. C. r
and have issue.
III. Sabina Lynch McCrady =
Theodore Fitzsimmons of
Charleston, S. C, and have
issue.
IV. Rev. Edward McCrady, P. E.
Church, Abbeville, S. C. =
Mary Tucker of Jacksonville,
Fla., and have 2 daughters.
V. Katherine de Berriere McCrady,
unm.
SI Joseph Allston=Charlotte Rothmahlar, 1).
22d March, 1736, d. Nov. 8, 1784; married June 1st,
1755, by Rev. Duraut, 2 sons, viz. :
II. Thomas Allston=Mary, daughter of John
Allston and Mary Fouchereaud. She afterwards married
Benj. Huger (s. p.). The above Joseph Allston was a
member of the "House of Commons" under the Royal
Government, and had the distinction of entertaining Wash-
ington on his presidential tour. The mahogany table at
which he dined is still in possession of the family. His
residence was on the Waccamaw, and he was engaged in
rice planting.
I. Col. William Alston, b. Aug. 23, 1756, d. June 26,
1839, was a Captain in Marion's Brigade, and twice
76 John Allston — 1666-1719 —
married; 1st, on Feb. 13, 1777, by Rev. Dr. Willis, to
Mary Ashe, who bore him 5 ch. ; 2d, Feb. 24th, 1791,
by Rev. Dr. Robt. Smith, to Mary Motte, who bore him
6ch.
Mary Ashe was gr.-daughter of John Baptiste Ashe and
dau. of Genl. John Ashe, 1721-1781, of New Hanover
Co., N. C, who was distinguished for his opposition to the
Stamp Act, and was the officer who led the daring spirits
of his section in 1775 and 6, in their resistance to
English aggression. Her brother, Samuel Ashe, Jr.,
served as Captain of Light Horse, and rendered im-
portant services in various expeditions against the enemy
until the close of the war.
Mary Motte was the dau. of Jacob Motte and Re-
becca Brewton his wife, who gave the arrows to one of
Marion's men by which he was enabled to set on fire
her palatial residence and thus drive out and capture the
British who had fortified themselves in Fort Motte.
Obituary of Colonel William Alston.
Another patriot of the Revolution has gone — the ven-
erable Col. William Alston died in this city on Wednes-
day last, in the 83d year of his age.
At the commencement of the Revolution he left college
and took the field as a volunteer in defence of the liberties
of his country. Though he did not enter the regular army,
he served at different periods throughout the war under the
partisan leaders, whose services and exploits form the
brightest page in the history of South Carolina.
He was a Captain under Marion, and was entrusted by
him with the defence of a fort in the harbour of George-
town when that town was menaced by the enemy. Col.
Alston loved to dwell on the virtues of Marion, and was
fond of relating anecdotes illustrative of his character.
and His Descendants. 77
On the return of peace, Col. Alston resumed the culti-
vation of his paternal estates on the Waccamaw, near
Georgetown, which he pursued without interruption until
a few years of his death, and with almost unexampled
success.
Devoted to agricultural pursuits and the cares and duties
of domestic life, he avoided as far as possible, all pub-
lic employment. Being, however, a personal and political
friend of Mr. Jefferson, he was prevailed upon to lend the
weight of his name and influence to the party of which
Mr. Jefferson was the head. He accordingly served for
several years as a member of the Senate of this State, and
was one of the Democratic electors of the president and
vice-president at the time of the memorable contest be-
tween Jefferson and Adams. He soon retired, however,
from public life, and from that period devoted himself ex-
clusively to his private affairs.
It is as a Carolina planter — a character identified with
the interest, and honor and best hopes of the State — that
Colonel Alston was chiefly distinguished. Whether we
estimate his claims to public consideration by his extraor-
dinary success, the admirable treatment of his slaves, or
the progressive improvement of his estates, (the result of a
wise and practical system of economy and good manage-
ment) Col. Alston stood almost at the head of his class
to which he belonged.
It is believed that at the time of his death he was, with
perhaps a slight exception, the largest slave holder in
South Carolina. Commencing life with comparatively a
small number of slaves he went on steadily adding to his
stock, until they had multiplied many fold. It was the
opinion of Col. Alston that in the management of slaves
the true interests of the planter were in exact accordance
with the dictates of an enlightened humanity. It was
therefore a rule with him through life to treat his slaves
;s John A.li«btoh id»"><; 1 7 1 i> —
w till the utmost liberality Mini kindness, while he Qever
roluxod the roinsofs wholesome dieoipliD6< Hie rule wm
to provide them with dwellings of the besl description, to
olothe then Id the wn best Runner, and i<> allow them
nupplies ol every kind <>u the most liberal soale, The
0011 loquonoe wm thai hit numerous plantations were models
oi Qentuess and order, and hii slaves always exhibited an
nppenrauce ol hoalth and ooraforl whioh spoke well for
their treatment) They were devotedly attaohed (<> their
m. i (ci. whose servioe they would qo1 have exchanged tor
any other upon earth,
Colonel Alston, however, was not one of those speoula
live philanthropists who saorifioe essential good to visionary
theories. His system was based on i oaloulation ofprao
tioal results, It was not his slaves only who were <<> be
made prosperous and happy* If they were among the besl
treated in the State, Ids orops were always abundant, and
ids nee ol die first quality brought to the Charleston
market ■
Col, Alston lived to R good Old age and riohly earned
the title ofa useful oitixen, [f"he is justly considered as
.1 public benefaotor, who makes two blades of grass grow
whore one grew before," what shall we saj of him who pro-
duced such results as we have detailed?
Until compelled by his increasing infirmities to retire
from the world, his house was (he ahode ol a refined and
olegaul hospitality, Courteous in Ids manners, sooial in
his disposition, surrounded with i large oirole of friends,
and blessed with an ample fortune, his tastes and habits
were tor many years those ol "a Carolina gentleman OJ the
old school • '
Ho reooivod and entertained (ionoral Washington for
several days on his visit to this State, at his elegant man-
sion near QeorgetOWD, in I style whieh the president
pronounoed to be truly Virginian, declaring that "he had
.ioj? m alJ bit travel*. *o joetljr entitled t
*tyMa feiry bod, oj tfct l 'e field* of Wa^amaw in tbe
gpeoial month of Mar."
' I large family and a* a hoabftod
of several of hi* ebildren, ansoog them the fa oor
Alrton, ,r<iinarr talent* aod elo<joeoee had
;e bigbe** \n>uv. of hi* fotnre (fioj *od n*e-
fofoeo) — a ojnre reoent bereavement i« t
loved and excellent partner of hi* bo*om — * -ith the gradual
health, bad prepared him £/r the <\<t*r>%
meae* of a long aod u*es'iil life,
if': :.%-: •
e Protectant Epi*eopal Char ^*w the a
of the kin** of terror* without alarm, aod died "in ebaritv
with the world/* aod, we tro*t, "at peaee witb 1.
— ^>>p»ed from tbe Her^Mrpf Monday, ./ti *30, aod
written by the Honorable Kober
J-.- .<-.
J. epfaAfe- rooroi
: 4=TWJo«* Boir, of
whom hereafter,
IL Maria AUton- i Xmbett, oo Mooe*
HX John A*be Al*to»=&arah MePoeneo wwe
1$. IV. William Algernons Marv Vonng, *% All-
V. Cnarlotte=Go vernor John Lyde WiUoo, won
antbor of tbe 3. C Cede of Duelling, oo
M. VI, Tboma* I / inekner=twiee to Mime* .Smith,
VII. Ke*. >e, Tbelr
married Jntia l>ean.
80 John Allstox— 1666-1719—
VIII. Elisabeth L.= Arthur P. Hayue.
IX. Jacob Motte Alston (s. p.)
X. Charles C. P. Allston was killed on Morris
Island during the war. He married Emma
Pringle (records not given).
XI. Mary Motte Alstons William Bull Pringle,
issue (records not given).
1$ Col. Joseph Alston was a man of more than or-
dinary ability and great popularity in the State. Hie
connection with Theodosia Burr, and her ultimate loss
at sea, are of historic record, and need not be dwelt upon
at length. He married her in 1800, when Aaron Burr
was at the height of his popularity, having just been
elected to the Vice-Presidency. Her education, under
the personal supervision of her father, had been con-
ducted with the utmost care; thus with natural quick-
ness of perception and aptitude for learning, she became
one of the most accomplished women of the day. To
this was added personal beauty and attractiveness, rare
ease and grace of manner, with strict observance of the
proprieties of life. She had an only son, Aaron Burr
Alston.
While no excuse or justification can be offered for
Burr's relentless pursuit of Hamilton, yet the charges
against him of Treason would seem to sink into insig-
nificance in the light of later political corruption and
combinations under the sanction of legality, and surely
bis trial and acquittal before a court over which so patri-
otic, profound and incorruptible a Justice as John Mar-
shall presided, should have shielded him from the burden
of obloquy which followed him through life. After his
trial and acquittal, Burr became an exile from home for
five years, and in 1812, sailing under an assumed name,
he returned incognito to New York, and a paragraph in
and His Descendants. 81
a paper announced that he had returned to the city and
resumed the practice of law in Nassau street.
His daughter, whose devotion to her father had never
faltered, on learning of his return to New York, deter-
mined upon going to see him, her son, about 9 or 10
years of age, having recently died. Accordingly, on the
29th of December, 1812, she took passage on the Patriot,
a small schooner, at Charleston, and bound for New
York, which was never seen or heard of again. Re-
cently, however, an article in the New York Herald an-
nounced the discovery of a portrait in Elisabeth City,
N. C, which had been taken from a ship many years
before, with a strange history connected, which leads to
a belief that it is of Theodosia Burr Alston, and that
the Patriot was robbed at sea and then run ashore un-
der full sail on Currituck beach, North Carolina, with
no one on board, passengers and crew having been pre-
viously disposed of. This accords with the reported con-
fession of an ex-pirate, who related the capture of a
vessel, all the passengers being made to walk the plank,
among whom was a lady of rare beauty and elegantly
attired, who displayed the most unflinching fortitude and
heroism, walking into the deep clasping her prayer book
in her hands.
Her husband, overwhelmed with grief at her loss, sur-
vived her but a very few years.
4-3 John Ashe Alston, b. 1783, d. 1831, planter of
Baunockburn, Waccamaw, S. C; married Sarah Mc-
Pherson, b. 1785, d. 1812, 3 children.
I. William Alston= Caroline Thompson of
Princeton, N. J., issue 1 dau., Caroline, who mar-
ried Harris of Cincinnati, Ohio.
II. Thomas Alston=Josephine Alston, dau. of
6al
82 John Allston— 1666-1719—
William Algernon Alston=Mary Young (nee All-
ston). Their son Joseph died without issue.
III. Sarah McPherson Alston, b. July 9th, 1807, d.
May 28th, 1878= John Izard Middleton of So.
Carolina, March 28th, 1828, issue:
I. Henry Middleton, b. Dec. 9th, 1828, d.
Jan. 31st, 1847.
II. Sarah McPherson Middleton, b. June
30th, 1830, d. July 9th, 1855, unra.
III. Mary Helen Middleton, b. 1832, d. 1839.
IV. John Izard Middleton, b. Feby. 16th,
1834. Resident of Baltimore, Md., since
1865.
V. Thomas Alston Middleton, b. Jany. 16th,
1836, d. Feby. 5th, 1896.
VI. Arthur Middleton d. in infancy.
VII. Mary H., b. Ap. 1841.
15 William Algernon Alston=Mary Young, nee
Allston, issue, viz.:
1. Joseph Alston=Helen Mason of New York.
Their son Wm. died num.
2. John Ashe Alston= Fanny Fraser, issue .
1. Theodosia, d. umn.
2. Washington, d. unm.
3. Dr. Rowland Alston is attached to Hos-
pital in Charleston.
4. John Alston=Emma Sanders, aud their
sou, Wm. Algernon Alston, lives in Sum-
ter, S. C.
5. Helen Alston, unm.
6. Fannie Alston, unm.
7. Thomas Lynch Alston= Helen Leroy
Sanders; issue: Wm. Leroy Alston, Helen
Alston.
and His Descendants. 83
3. Edraond Alston, d. untn.
4. Charlotte, d. unm.
5. Josephine Alston= Thomas Alston. Their son
Joseph died without issue.
6. Anna Alston=Ben Burgh Smith, no issue.
Obituary.
Died in Charleston, April 29th, 1861, Colonel Thomas
Pinckney Alston, aged QQ years. The deceased was born
in All-Saints Parish, Waccamaw, where he resided until
the end of the year 1858. His many relatives and
friends hold in grateful remembrance his many virtues, re-
calling his social disposition, amiable and benevolent
temper, and agreeable conversation mingled with pleasing
anecdote. After studying law he returned to his native
parish, and entered upon the various occupations of the
planter, amongst which the care of the negro necessarily
engages the chief attention of the conscientious master.
The deceased felt his responsibilities herein, and while
arranging for the temporal comfort of his slaves, made
ample provisions for their religious training. In this
high duty he showed his deep interest by constant per-
sonal attendance in the neat chapel erected near his
dwelling; by causing all the children that were born to
be brought thither for baptism; and by requiring all
who desired to enter into the holy estate of matrimony
to be married therein according to the appointed form.
The result of his efforts was the moral and religious im-
provement of his negroes. His end was calm and peace-
ful. He said that he relied solely upon the merits of
our Redeemer, and that he was ready to depart, if such
was the will of God.
He has left an afflicted wife and children, whose only
consolation can be derived from the religion so earnestly
84 John Allston— 1666-1719—
impressed on them by a most pious, affectionate and de-
voted husband and father.
(In all his undertakings he was ably assisted and en-
couraged by his devoted wife.)
44- Thomas Pinckney Alston (b. Ap. 19, 1795, d.
Apr. 29, 1861,) married 1st wf. Jane Ladson Smith (b.
1800-d. May 4, 1823) dau. of John Rutledge Smith &
Susan Elizabeth Ladson, on the 20th May, 1820, by Rev.
Dalcho. John Rutledge Smith was a lineal descendant of*
Landgrave "Thomas Smith."
Issue :
(1) Jacob Motte Alston, b. March 2d, 1821=Mary
Fitzsimmoxs, Feb. 16, 1848, and resides in Washington,
D. C. 9 ch., viz. :
1. Thomas Pinckney — died.
2. Nellie= — Cooper, issue 1 daughter.
3. Jane Ladsox= — Read, issue 3 children.
4. Anna= — Garvin, died.
5. Kate= — Stelner — have several ch. (Pinck-
ney Alston Steiuer).
6. Mary Motte.
7. Hess:= Richard Trapier; 1 son, Pinckney
Alston Trapier.
8. Pauline, and 9 Jacob Motte, died.
Thomas Pinckney Alston was married June 25th, 1825,
to his 2d wife, Susan Elisabeth Smith (sister to his 1st
wife) by Bishop Nathl. Bo wen.
Issue :
45 (2) Charles Alston, b. Ap. 18th, 1826=March 23d,
1847, by Rev. John Buehmau to daughter of Washington
Dunkin (b. July 22d, 1829). He was State Senator from
All-Saints Parish, Waccamaw, for several years just pre-
and His Descendants. S5
ceding the War. He was Major of Artillery in C. S.
Army. m Issue (q. v.) :
45J (3) Mary Brewton, b. Aug. 7th, 1827=Ap. 23d,
1856, to James Johnston Waring by Rev. Alexander
Glennie. Issue (q. v.) :
441 (4) D r . William Joseph Alston, b. Jan. 27th, 1829=
Sep. 16th, 1852, to Marianne Porcher Smith, b. 1831. He
lives in Marietta, Ga., and wis surgeon in C. S. A.
Issue (q. v.) :
(5) Susan Elisabeth, b. Dec. 20th, 1830, d. Sep. 11th,
1880=Feby:7th, 1867, to Clelland Kinloch Huger by
Rev. Alexander Glennie.
(6) Thomas Pinckney Alston, Lt. Col., 1st Reg. S.
C. Vol., McGowan's Brigade, A. P. Hill's Division, b. Dec.
7th, 1832, d. June 19th, 1864, at Jackson Hospital, Rich-
mond, Va., of wound received at Jericho Ford 23d day of
May, 1864.
(7) John Ratledge Alston, Capt. Co. H, 2 1st Texas
Cavalry, Parson's Brig., Trans. -Miss. War De;>. b. March
20th, 1835, and m. Dec. 20th, 1857, to Margaret Pemberton.
(8) Jane Ladsou, b. Dec. 1st, 1838, d. Jan. 15th, 1842.
(9) Elisabeth L., b. May 9th, 1841, d. Aug. 24th, 1843.
(10) Jane Ladson, b. May 12th, 1843, d. Nov. 28rh,
1878.
(11) Rebecca Hayne.
4.5 Charles Alston= — Dunkin, 4 ch., viz, :
1 Thomas Pinckney, b. March 26th, 1848.
2 Benjamin Faneuil, b. Dec. 27h, 1849:= Caroline
Simonton, 1874, by Rev. Vedder.
Issue, viz. :
(1) Charles Simonton Alston, Nov. 9th, 1775.
86 John Allston — 1666-1719 —
(2) Thomas Glover Alston 1 Twins, Feb. 1st,
(3) Beuj. Faneuil Alston / 1881.
(4) Caroline Simonton, May 26th, 1886.
3 Susan Bethune Alston, b. March 13th, 1853.
4 Mary Rutledge Alston, b. June 13th, 1855.
f5| James Johnstone Waring=Mary Brewton Al-
ston, 7 ch., viz. :
1 Annie Johnstone Waring, b. Apr. 29th, 1857=Feb.
17th, 1881, to Antonio Gogarza, of Saurez, Spain, by
Rev. Thomas Boone, 2 ch., viz. :
1 Antonio Gogarza, b. Nov. 27th, 1881.
2 James Johnstone Gogarza, b. Aug. llth, 1883.
2 Mary Alston Waring, b. Sep. 22d, 1858, d. Jan. 8th,
1865.
3 Pinckney Alston Waring, b. May 18th, 1860=Lil-
lie Horton Ellis, by Rev. Robert White, Nov. 15th, 1893,
2 ch., viz. :
1 Pinckney Alston, b. Aug. 30th, 1895.
2 Charles Ellis, b. March, 1900.
4 Helen Waring, b. Nov. 19th, 1862, d. Nov. 6th, 1884.
5 James Johustone Waring, b. Mar. 8th, 1865, d. July
6th, 1887.
6 Thomas Pinckney Waring, b. Feby 28th, 1867.
7 Mary Alston Waring, b. Aug. 24th, 1869.
m Dr. Wm. Joseph Alston= Marianne Porcher
Smith, 10 ch., viz. :
1 Anne Smith, b. July 12th, 1853, d. Aug. 15th, 1854.
2 Susan Elisabeth, b. Jauy. 13th, 1855.
3 William, b. Feb. 28th, 1857=Ina Christian, nee
Cleland, Nov. 17th, 1886, by Rev. C. Lemon.
Issue :
1 Susan Elisabeth, b. March 6th, 1887.
2 Bessie Barnwell, b. Sep. 29th, 1891.
01 4 Marianne Porcher Alston, b. May 20th, 1859=Rob-
and His Descendants. 87
ert Goodman, Dec. 27th, 1877, by Rev. Stephen Barnwell.
Died Sept. 2d, 1891. Issue (q. v.) :
5 John Rutledge, b. Mar. 2d, 1861=Sallie Clel-
and, Nov. 17th, 1891, by Rev. Guerry.
Issue :
Wm. Carleton Alston, b. March 24th, 1893.
02 6 Sabina Smith Alston, b. Apr. 20th, 1863= Edgar
Nichols, Dec. 29th, 1886. Issue (q. v.)
7 Thomas Pinckney, b. Feb. 24th, 1866= Fannie
Beatrice Mustin, Jany. 24th, 1894.
Issue :
Fannie Beatrice Alston, 18'.)5.
8 Caroline Porcher Alston, b. Sep. 2d, 1868.
9 Joseph Motte Alston, b. Dec. 10th, 1870, d. July,
1895.
10 Frederick Roland Alston, b. Feb. 26th, 1875. Is
an attorney in Atlanta, Ga.
01 Robert Goodman=Mari-Anne Porcher Alston,
8 ch., viz. :
1. Mari-Anne Alston, b. Oct. 6, 1878.
2. Mildred Bishop, b. Dec. 3, 1879.
3. William Alston, b. Ap. 5, 1881.
4. Rosa McDonald, b. Oct. 28, 1882; d. July 2, 1883.
5. Robert Goodman, b. 1884; d. 1886.
6. Roberta Caroline, b. Ap. 2, 1887.
7. John Martin Green, b. Oct. 2, 1888.
8. Marion Roland Goodman, b. Sept. 1, 1891.
02 Edgar Nichols m. Sabina Smith Alston, 4 ch.,
viz. :
1. Marianne Gindron Nichols, b. Oot. 25, 1882.
2. Edgar Rutledge, b. Sept, 26, 1800.
3. George, b. March 1, 1893.
4. Sabina Alston, b. Oct. 1898.
88 John Allston— 1666-1719—
4.6 Cleland Kinlock Huger=Susan Elisabeth Als-
ton, 3 ch. viz. :
1. Susan Alston Huger, b. Dec. 17, 1868.
2. Mary Brewton Huger, b. Feb. 13, 1870.
3. Lucy Pinckuey Huger, b. March 5, 1894, m. Dec. 8,
1896, to Edward Stoney Vaux. 1 son, Cleland
Huger Vaux, b. July, 1899.
4.6 1-2 John Rutledge Alston m. Margaret Pember-
ton, 7 ch., viz. :
1. Susan Ladson, 1858,
2. Richard Pemberton, 1860, , ri ,. -,
_ *, , -n ,. . ' 10 „' y Ihese died young.
3. Margaret Felicia, 1863, j J 6
4. Helen, 1865,
5. Benjamin Burgh, b. June 25, 1869.
6. Charles, b. Sept. 9, 1871.
7. Catherine Pemberton, b. Sept, 15, 1874.
Peter Allston. Abstract of Will.
Dated 1 Day of April, 1748. Proved 21 Apr. 1749.
Witnesses, Andrew Warnock, Joseph Burges, Anna
Hayes. "I, Peter Allston, of Berkeley Co., Planter
sick in body, but of sound and disposing, etc. . . .Loving
wife, Sarah Allston, £300 in lieu of dower. One fifth of
all personal est. Maintenance during widowhood. Three
children, Charles, Peter and Elizabeth, wife Sarah now
pregnant. Bro. -in-law Joseph Warnock and friend An-
thony Bonneau Exrs. and Trustees for son Charles. Wife
Sarah Extrx. during widowhood. " Realty 490 acres in
St. Thomas Parish.
3 Peter Alston died 1749, m. Sarah Bacot.
They lived in St. Thomas Parish. Their children
were viz: I. Charles Alston. III. Elizabeth.
and His Descendants. 89
IV. A daughter married Bacot. No other rec-
ord of above three children.
II. Peter Allston, Jr., m. Mary Bacot, issue, 6 chil-
dren, viz. :
(1). Joseph Allston m. Miss Belin, issue, Samuel
and Peter Allston.
2. Samuel. 3. Frances. No further record.
4. Elisabeth Allston m. Hoge. No records.
5. Jane Allston m. Turner, issue, one daughter,
viz. :
Jane Turner, who married Elijah P.
Coachman, issue,
(1) Sarah A. Coachman.
(2) Edgar F. Coachman.
(3) Olivia m. John T. Green.
(4) Eliza P. m. Henry Green.
6. John Hays Allston m. Harriet M. Wilkinson, 8
ch., viz. :
I. James L. Allston. II. Henrietta Allston.
4-7 III. John Elias Allston m. Regina Coachman,
issue (q. v.).
IV. Juliana Francis. V. Francis Allston.
If.8 VI. Peter Bacot Allston m. Juliana Palmer,
issue (q. v.).
VII. Anne S. Allston.
4-9 VIII. Edward Francis Allston m. Catherine
Palmer, sister of above. Issue (q. v.).
4.7 John Elias Allston m. Regina Coachman, 4 ch.,
viz. :
I. John A. II. Francis C.
III. Sarah M. IV. Donald McK. Allston.
48 Peter Bacot Allston m. Juliana Palmer, 7 ch.,
viz. :
90 John Allston— 1666-1719.
I. Edward Francis. II. Mary B. III. Esther.
IV. Helen W. V. Saraulla F.
VI. William J. & VII. Samuel J. Allston.
/
4.9. Edward Francis Allston m. Catherine Palmer,
7 cb., viz. :
I. Marian na, II. Harroll W., III. Peter B.
IV. Catherine P., V. John H.
VI. Thomas & VII. Elisabeth Allston.
Below is the record of marriage of John Allston's three
daughters and regret inability to trace them out, viz.:
Elizabeth Allston m. Joseph Marbery, (alias La-Bruce or
La Brosse).
Register St. Thomas & St. Denis Par.
Mary Allston m. Joseph Warnock.
Family records McD. E. Huger Smith.
Thomason Allston m. Abraham Warnock.
Fain. Rec. as above ; also birth of
"Thomason, d. of Abraham &
Thomason, 14 Dec. 1724."
Warnock <j "Mary d. of Joseph & Mary,
20 July, 1732, Reg. St., T.
t & D Par.
John Alston— 1673-1758. 91
JOHN ALSTON— 1673-1758.
The first mention we have on record of John Alston in
North Carolina is a grant of 270 acres of laud on the
northwest side of Bennetts creek in 1711. This creek is,
iu what is now Gates county, formerly Chowan, and his
land was near or immediately where Gatesville now stands.
He subsequently made many entries and purchases of land
in that and other sections and counties and became a very
extensive land holder. Iu 1713 we find laud-grants in
the names of his several sons. The first official act we
find recorded of him is April 20, 1715, as juror at court
held at house of Mr. Henry Kiug, and the next as a grand
juror at a general court of Oyer and Terminer, at the
general court-house at Queen Anns Creek in Chowan pre-
cinct, March 30th, 1721, and was continuously a grand
juror until April 9th, 1724, when he was commissioned a
justice of the peace. On Oct. 24th, 1724, he was com-
missioned assistant justice of the court of Oyer and Ter-
miner, the court being then composed of the following,
viz.: Thomas Pollock, chief justice, Cullen Pollock, Wm.
Downing, Isaac Hill, John Alston and Robert Lloyd, as-
sistants. He was continuously reappointed and so served
until after the April term, 1729. He was called Capt.
Alston until 1725, then major until 1729, and afterwards
known as Colonel Alston. We are not informed as to how
he obtained his titles. In 1725 he was appointed revenue
collector for the king. April 3d, 1738, he was elected
vestryman of St. Pauls Parish, Chowan county, and served
until 1747, or later. In 1746 he was sheriff of Chowan
county, and probably for some years prior to that time.
His wife, Mary Clark, survived him.
92 John Alston— 1673-1758 —
The following will is copied from the original, now on
file in the office of Secretary of State:
" In the Name of God, Amen. September 17th, in the
year of our Lord God one thousand Seven hundred and
fifty four, I, John Alston of Chowan County and province
of North Carolina being in perfect health and of sound
and perfect mind and memory thanks be to almighty God
for it., Calling to mind the uncertainty of this Transitory
Life, and that all flesh must Yield unto Death wheu it
shall please God to call, Doe make Declair ordain, appoint
this my last will and testament in Manner & form follow-
ing and principally I Recommend my Soul to God that
gave it to me in full hope I shall receive full pardon for
all my Sius Past by the merits and meditation of our
Blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and my body to be
buried in Such Christian Like manner as shall pleas my
Executor hereafter naimed and appointed, and secondly
I doe by these presents frustrate and make null and void
all other or former wills by me made or Declaim! Either
by word or writing and this to be taken for my Last will
and testament and no other, thirdly my will is that all My
Debts Duly that I owe in the right or concience to any
manerof persons What Ever Be Justly Contested and paid
in Sum convenient time after my Death By my Executor
hereafter nam'd, and now as such worldly Estate as it hath
pleased God to Bestow upon me I Give & dispose of the
saim in manner and form following —
Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Sou
Joseph John Alston my Laud at White Oak River and
other personall Estate By me all Ready delivered to him
and a tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres
being in Chowan County Joining to Mrs. James Willson
Line Begiuuing at a hickory stauding on Benit's Creek
Side I also give to my sou Joseph John Alston one Gold
and His Family. 93
Ring about fifteen shillings worth I say aforesaid Land and
Estate to him and his heirs for Ever.
Item. I give and bequeth unto my Beloved Son Solomon
Alston a Negro woman named Sarah which he has in his
possession and other personal Estate all Ready delivered to
him by me I say the aforesad Negro and Estate to him and
his heirs for Ever.
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Beloved Son Wil-
liam Alston in his lifetime that part of my Estate I allotted
for him and now his heirs has it in their possession.
Item. I give to my Beloved Son Phillip Alston one
Negro man named Seser now in his possession and one Ne-
gro man named Robin and what Else of my personal Estate
he has had of me before now in his possession I say the
afor s'd Negro's & Estate to & his heirs forever.
Item. I give and Bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter
Mary Seward one mulato woman named Moll and what
Else she has had of me befor to her and her heirs for Ever
I allso mean the use of my Dwelling House and garden
to her Durin her natural life.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter
Elizabeth Williams one Negro woman named Moll an her
inereas to her and her heirs for Ever and what Else of my
personal Estate she has had all Ready.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my Beloved Daughter
Sarah Kearny one Negro woman nam'd fanney and her in-
crease now in her possession and what Else she has had of
my Estate Before the afore said negro and Estate to her
and her heirs forever.
Item. I Give to my Beloved Daughter Charity Dawson
one Negro woman named janey and a Negro boy named
Jupiter and a negro girl named Cate and a negro girl named
Nancy I say the aforesaid Negro's to her and her heirs an
assigns for Ever.
Item. I mean my Dear wife Mary Alston to have the
94 John Alston— 1673-1758—
use of my Estate as vis Dick fauney peter Robin & Easup
and Diner allso — ray plantation stock & household Goods
During her naturall Life But at her Death to be returned
in manner hereafter mentioned.
Item. I Give to John Alston Son of Solomon Alston
one Negro boy named Peter to him and his heirs for Ever.
Item. I Give to Elizabeth Alston Daughter of William
Alston Deceased one Negro boy named ned to her and her
heirs for Ever.
Item. I Give to Paty Alston Daughter of Joseph John
Alston one Negro Girl named Pru to her aud her heirs for
Ever.
Item. I Give to William Alston Son of Philip Alston
one Negro Boy named Hary to him & his heirs for Ever.
Item. I Give to John Alston Son of James Alston one
Negro woman named Diner and her increase and one negro
boy named Robin to him and his heirs for Ever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved Son James
Alston one Negro man named Dick one Negro man named
Peter aud one mulato man named Easop allso my planta-
tion whereon I now live and all the Laud ajoining there-
unto I allso give him the Rest and Residue of my whole
Estate Both Raill and personall I say the aforesaid Land
and Estate to him and his heirs & assigns forever I allso
leave him my whole and sole Executor of this my last
will aud testament in witness whereof I have here unto
set my hand and seall the 20 day of Feb'y 1755.
John Alston
Seasbrook Wilson
Thomas Byrd
his
Joseph X Parker
mark
Edentoa 2d December 1758
and His Family. 95
Then personally appeared before me Seasbrook Wilson
& Joseph Parker two of the subscribing witnesses to the
foregoing Will who made oath that they saw John Alston
the Testateor sign seal deliver and declare the foregoing as
& for his last will and Testament aud that the said John
Alston was at that time to the best of their judgment &
belief of sound and disposing Memory & understanding
and that they together with Thomas Byrd subscribed their
names to the foregoing will as witnessed thereto.
At the same time James Alston Executor before named
took the Oath of an Executor.
Let Letters Testamentary issue thereon.
Arthur Dobbs."
The above John Alston was the eldest sou of John Al-
ston = Anne Wallis, and was baptized at Felmersham,
Bedfordshire, England, Dec. 5th, 1673.
John Alston — Mary Clark, issue :
J I. Joseph John Alston, (q. v.).
S II. Solomon Alston, (q. v.).
II III. William Alston, (q. v.).
P IV. Phillip Alston, (q. v.).
A V. James Alston, (q. v.). .
VI. Mary = 1st Henry Guston, no issue.
2d Wm. Seward, of Isle of Wight
county, Va., no issue. Surviving them both, she
died a widow, but the names Guston and Henry
continue in the family.
W VII. Elizabeth = Samuel Williams, (q. v.). -
iif VIII. Sarah = Thomas Kearney, (q. y.).
IX. Martha = Lemuel Wilson, January 29th,
1752. Her name is not mentioned in her fath-
er's will, but the marriage records of Chowan
county show that she was married at the date
96 John Alston— 1673-1758—
above mention, and probably dying without issue
before the will .was written, caused the omission.
The names Martha and Lemuel continue in the
family.
D X. Charity = John Dawson, {cj. v.).
Among the immigrants to the Albemarle section in the
latter part of the 17th century, who went from Isle of
Wight, and Nansemond, Va., and elsewhere, are the fol-
lowing names : Akehurst, Chancey, Clark, Durant, Hatch,
Hill, Palin, Thomas and others. These were Quaker
families) and their settlements originally in Perquimaas
and Pasquotauk extended into Chowau and other neigh-
boring counties. These were among the best citizens of
the colony, aud some of them held large estates. It is
here we find John Alston, among these he married, and
the names Salomon, Philip, James, Martha, Caarity, till
then not found in his aucestral lines, were doubtless ob-
tained through his wife's mother's connections and rela-
tionship. The loss of the old Nansemond records, and
the destruction of those in Pasquotank aud Perquimans
during the war prevent the tracing of mauy family lines.
As elsewhere stated, it is most probable that John Alston
came therein 1694, and there is reason to encourage the
belief that among those who accompanied John Archdale to
the Albemarle section at that time were John Dawson aud
William Williams (father of Samuel), whose families are
so closely intermarried with Alston.
From Wm.and Mary Quarterly, April 1899, p. 221, we
take the following :
"Will of Humphrey Clark, Cooper, dated March 3d,
1655. Wife Jane, son John, daughter-in-law, Jane Brunt,
two kinswomen, Jane How and Mary Clarke, the latter in
his employ for 7 years, 3 of which are remitted. His son,
John, to be sent to school. Legacies to Thomas Holmes,
and His Family. 97
John Williams and William Godwin, Robert Bird, over-
seer."
From p. 241, the following:
"Francis Ayre's inventory. 1678, mentions Jane, his
wife, now wife of Henry ©tVi&Fn, Jane Clarke, Humphrey
Clarke, the son of John Clarke."
(This Humphrey Clarke must have died in his father's
life time.)
From N. C. Hist, and Gen. Register No. 1 the follow-
ing abstract of will of Daniel Akehurst of Warwick
county, Va. This will is in the office of clerk of superior
court of Chowan county and was probated in 1700 in War-
wick county, Va.
Daughter, Filia Christy Akehurst, wife, Ann Akehurst,
Thomas Symons, Ex'r., 11th Oct., 1693. Witnesses —
William Langhorn, Mary Cary, Miles Cary."
Hon. Daniel Akehurst, Esq., was one of the lord's
deputies and secretary of the council in 1694 and assistant
justice, N. C, under Gov. Philip Ludwell. (Col. records.)
John Clarke died 1689, and some extracts from his will
are annexed. The family name is variously spelled, Clark,
Clarke and Clerke.
The above Humphrey Clark, John Clark and Daniel
Akehurst lived in Virginia. John Clarke, in 1665, ob-
tained 440 acres on the westward side of Black Water. He
and Daniel Akehurst subsequently removed to North
Carolina.
The will of Arthur Workman is 'also annexed making
Mary Clarke, sole executrix in 1695. She is again men-
tioned in 1707 as widow and executrix, and also in 169 7
in connection with Robert Wallis, who in 1694 had been
assistant justice in the province.
Records go to show that she was a great granddaughter
of Henry Palin, who was a witness to the signing of John
Clark's will, and at the death of her husband in 168 9,
7 al
98 John Alston— 1673-1758—
must have been quite young, as she is again mentioned as
having been appointed in 1740, joint-administratrix upon
the estate of Mary Glaister of Pasquotank. She seems to
have been quite a business woman, a prominent character,
and the second wife of John Clarke. At her husband's
death in 1689, she was left in charge of a large estate
with an only daughter, also named Mary, who afterwards
married John Alston. This accords with the tradition
that has been carefully and minutely transmitted, "that his
wife was left an orphan, and an only child, living at her
home, constantly attended by a faithful old negro woman,
who had nursed her in infancy, and continued to wait upon
and serve her until her marriage," which most probably
was about 1700-1703.
(N. C. Hist, and Gen. Reg. Nos. 1, 2 and 3) Henry
Palin had a land-grant in 1652 from Governor Richard
Bennett. Probably the same as
Henry Palin, Sr., who was witness to the signing of
John Clarke's will in 1689.
Henry Palin, Jr., of Pasquotank, d. January 30th, 1699,
leaving wife Ann, and sons John and Thomas.
John Palin, d. August 16th, 1737, leaving wife Sarah,'
and son John, and daughter Mary, of whom
John Palin was chief justice in 1731, and (d. s. p.) Feb-
ruary, 1753.
Mary = John Clarke about 1686. He d. May 30th,
1689, leaving an only child Mary, and wife Mary as his
executor. (See will.)
Thomas Palin, son of Henry, Jr., and brother of John,
d. August 1st, 1733. Sons Henry and Thomas, daughter
Ann and Mary Scott, wife Susannah, and daughter Mary
Glaister.
These families were in Pasquotank. There were other
Palins in Edenton, viz: James and Christian.
and His Family. 99
Arbemaele County.
In the Name of God Ameu the Thirtieth day of May
One Thousand Six hundred and Eighty Nine I John
Clarke beeing sick of body but of good & pfect memery
thanks bee unto Almighty God * * * * * *
Item. I give & bequeath unto William Curry my wearing
clothes, my horse bridle and saddle. Intern I doe ordain and
constitute & appoint my well beloved friends Mr. Daniel
Akhurst & Mr. John West & Edward Smith as overseers
of my child or children : Item I give & bequeath unto
Mr. Daniel Akhurst five pounds sterll to be paid in coun-
try comoditys. Item I give & bequeath unto Mr. John
West five pounds sterll to be paid in country comodity.
Item I give & bequeath unto Edward Smith Tenn pounds
sterll to be paid in country comoditys. Item I give & be-
queath unto my daughter Mary ye one half of my whole
estate both moveables & immoveables reall & psonall to her
her heirs Executors Administers & assigns forever, but if
in case my lawful wife Mary Clark should prove with
child by mee & its should happen to bee a boy then yt said
boy to ejoy peacesably without any mollestation whatso-
ever all my lands to him & his heirs for ever : but if ye
said childe should prove to be a girle then to be equally
coheirs with her sister in ye aforesaid halfe of my estate.
Item I doe ordain constitute & appoint my lawful wife
Mary Clark to bee my whole & sole Executrix of this my
last will & testament to whome I give & bequeath my
whole estate both reall & personall moveables & immove-
ables shee my Executrix paying my just debts & ye afore-
said legacys to have & to hold my said estate, for herselfe
her heirs Executors Administrators & assigns forever : & if
in case my aforesaid daughter Mary Clark should die be-
fore shee arrives att ye full * * of eighteen years old then
ye above said * * * * * * said wife. In witness whereof
100 John Alston— 1673-1758—
I have hereunto sett my hand & seale in Pasquotank River
in ye county aforesaid & day & year above written.
John Clark (Seal)
Witness
Henry Palin Senr.
John Hawkins
John Cafey
Proved July 27 by the oathes of Henry Palin & John
Hawkins John Cafey before Seth Brothers.
Will of Arthur Workman.
In the name of God Amen I Arthur Workman late of
Jaimaca but now of Ronoch Marchant being in good health
of body and perfect mind and memory praised by God I
doe make and ordain this my last will and testament in
manner and form following ***** To Capn John
Hunt one silver tankard of twelve pounds value, marke
ex dono AW. To Mrs. Eliza Hunt a gold mourning ring
of thirty shills value in * * * * * England, to Anthony
Hatch son to sd Eliza Hunt that my plantation in Little
River with 6 sows 4 cows & calves, to Mr. Richard Platen
ten pounds of fresh porke with all my way rein g apparrell.
To Mr. John Robison tenn pounds in porke, and twenty
pounds to be given towards schooling of eight orphant
children to be disposed of at the discretion of my sd Ex-
ecutrix ******** To Majr. Charles Sadler of
Jamaica forty pounds in money, to Madam Dorothy * *
* * * 0De gold mourning ring of twenty five shills value
of that island, To Mr. Thomas Sherwood of Jamaica sixty
pouns currt mon ***** of that island, all wch money
is now in the hands of sd Majr. Sadler, and about ninety or
a hundred more wch give to my Executrix ******
all that my whole estate within the Kingdom of Ireland
to my two loving sisters Mary andj Millesaint Workman
but now be * * * * * boath marryed I know not their
and His Family, 101
other names. To Mrs. Sarah Franklin wife to Henry
Franklin five pounds in money. And all the rest of my
estate reall and personall (after my just debts being first
truly paid) doe give and bequeath unto Mrs. Mary Clerke
widdow, late wife of John Clerke deced whom I make by
this my last will and testament whole and sole Executrix
to dispose and ma**** all to her own and her heirs &c.
proper use forever. I doe desire my sd Executrix to buy
one mourning ring of thirty *** *** ** price with my name
in it. In Witness whereof I * * * hereunto put my
hand & seal this first day of August * * * * Domini
one thousand six hundred ninety & five.
Arthur Workman (Seal)
Witnesses
John Hunt
John Robison
Richard Platen
* * * Legg I his marke
Pasquotank pcinct Court the 19th day of Aprile, 1697
by t-he oaths aforesaid
Edward Mayo Clerk.
102 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
The Last Will and Testament of Joseph John Alston.
In the Name of God, Amen. I, Joseph John Alston,
of Halifax, in the State of North Carolina, being weak of
body, but of perfect sound sense, mind and memory, thanks
be to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my last will
and testament in the manner and form following, that is to
say:
Imprimis. I recommend my soul into the hands and
protection of Almighty God that gave it, hoping for a re-
mission of all my sins, and my body I leave to be decently
interred at the discretion of my executors hereafter named,
and as for my worldly estate which it hath pleased the
Almighty God to bestow on me, I give, devise and bequeath
as follows:
Item. I give and bequeath to my son, John Alston, his
heirs and assigns forever, all my lands that lie on Reedy
Creek, Fishing Creek, Benn Creek and Long Branch on
the South side, Butterwood or the waters thereof, consist-
ing of sundry different tracts, and whereas my said son,
John Alston, has now a dispute depending in law for a
tract or a parcel of land called the Poison Fields in Chat-
ham county, with Matthew Jones, of said county, in case
my said son, John Alston, should lose the said land called
the Poison Fields, then and in that case I give and be-
queath to my said son John Alston, his heirs or assigns,
two tracts of land which I bought of John Coupland in
said County of Chatham. But in case my said son John
Alston should recover the said land now in dispute from
the said Mathew Jones then, and in that case only, I
give my said son, John Alston, part of the said two tracts
of land bought of said John Coupland, bounded as fol-
lows, to- wit: lying above the Spring Branch, known by
and His Descendants. 103
the name of Couplands Spring Brauch supposing to be two
hundred acres more or less including the old plantation
whereon Richard Coupland formerly lived.
Item. I give and devise to my said son, John Alston*
his heirs or assigus all the negro slaves which I have here-
tofore possessed him with as also one other negro man
named Levey, and one other negro man named Joseph
which is now in my possession.
I give and devise unto my son Phillip Alston, his heirs
or assigns, all the negro slaves which I allotted for him
being now in his poseession.
Item. I have already given to my daughter, Patty Me-
ronv, the several negro slaves which I allotted for her por-
tion, the same she has been possessed with many years past.
Item. I give and devise unto my son, William Alston, his
heirs or assigns all the negro slaves which are now in his
possession, excepting the following negroes, to wit: Hannah,
Hagar, Silva, Nancy, Press, Boatswain, Nursery Rose, Ra-
chael and Sam, which said ten negroes herein mentioned
I lend unto my said son William Alston the use of until
his children, male and female, shall arrive to lawful age or
marriage, then I give and bequeath the said ten negroes
and their increase to be equally divided between the said
children and their heirs or assigus, share and share alike,
each child to have his or her part or portion of the said
negroes and their increase as he or she shall arrive to law-
ful age or marriage as aforesaid, and the remainder of the
negroes to remain as undivided until the next child shall
arrive to age as aforesaid, and so on till the youngest shall
be of age aforesaid to take his or her part of the said ne-
groes. Which division it is my will and desire shall be
made among my said grandchildren by their father, my son
William, if living; if not, by my executors hereinafter
mentioned.
Item. I give and bequeath to my said son William Al-
104 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
ston, his heirs and assigns two negroes, to-wit : Fork Ben
and his wife Priss.
Item. I give and devise to ray sou, Willis -Alston, his
heirs or assigns, all that part of the land which I bought
of Mr. Mead's estate that lies on the lower side of the Gov-
ernor's Branch and joining Irving's Creek on the south-
east side.
Item. I give and devise to my two grand sons, John
Joseph and William Alston, sous of my son William Al-
ston, a parcel of land which I bought of the estate of Mr. David
Meade, deceased, that liesou Irwin's Creek, alias Bears Swamp
above the mouth of the Governor's Branch to be equally
divided between them and their heirs or assigns, share and
share alike, but in case the said John Joseph and William
Alston, should either of them depart this life before they
arrive to the age of twenty one years or leaving lawful
issue of their body then and in that case I give and devise
the part of the said land of him who shall or may decease
to the other that survives, and in case both the said John
Joseph and William Alston should depart this life before
they arrive to the age of twenty-one years then and in that
case I give and devise the said land to my grand son Jo-
seph John Alston, son of my son Willis, his heirs and as-
signs forever.
Item. I give and devise to my grand son John Joseph Al-
ston,son of my son William, all that part of the lands I bought
of Joseph Moore in the county of Chatham that lies in the
fork between two streams where the said Joseph Moore
built and formerly lived as high up each stream as my land
extends to him, his heirs and assigns forever. But in case
my said grand son, John Joseph, should depart this life
without lawful issue, then in that case I give and devise
the said land to my grand son, his brother, William Alston,.
his heirs or assigns forever.
Item. I give and devise to my son Willis Alston, his
and His Descendants. 105
heirs or assigns all my land that lies in the fork on the
North-west side the Beaver Ponds, between Bntterwood
and the Mill Swamp as high up each stream as my land ex-
tends, as also my other lands between the mill run and the
North East branch of Irwin's Creek, alias Alston's Swamp*
including my dwelling house and my Manor planta-
tion, likewise including the plantation and tract of land
where John Mills formerly lived, lying at the head of Bear
Swamp as also all my other lands on the North-East side
of the Beaver Ponds and Bear Swamp that lies above and
joins the land that was formerly Meade's.
Item. I give and devise to my son, Willis Alston, his
heirs and assigns all the negro slaves which I have already
possessed him with as also three other negro men called
Simon and Pocosin Ben as also Frank which are yet in ray
possession.
Item. I give and bequeath to my grand son, Joseph
John Alston, son of my son Willis, all these two tracts of
land, lying on the waters of Great Creek that I bought of
Archibald Hamilton and Anthony Winston, to him, his
heirs and assigns forever. But in case of his death before
he arrives to years of twenty-one or leaving lawful issue
of his body, lawfully begotten, then and in this case I give
and devise the aforesaid two tracts of land to my son Wil-
lis, his heirs and assigns. I also give my said grand son,
Joseph John Alston, one negro boy named Jem, son to
Mulatto Pegg, and one negro girl named Jud, daughter of
Penny, to him, his heirs and assigns for ever.
Item. I give and devise to my son, Henry Alston, his
heirs and assigns forever, four thousand acres of land where-
on he now lives which I purchased of Solomon Alston, Jr.
Item. All the slaves which I allotted for my son Henry
I have already possessed him with, and the same I do give
to him and his heirs and assigns forever, as also I do give
and bequeath to my said son Henry, eight other negroes, to
106 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
wit: Hester Peters' daughter, Jacob, mulatto boy, Young
Boceosa, Dyner and increase Sabiua and Davy to him, his
heirs and assigns.
Item. I have already given my daughter, Mary Palmer,
the negro slaves which I allotted for her portion, the same
she has been possessed with some time past.
Item. I give and bequeath to John Cooper, his heirs and
assigns forever, all that tract of laud aud plantation in the
county of Chatham, which I bought of Thomas Coupland,
known by name of the Hickory Mountain, bounded by a
branch between the lands I bought of said Copeland and
the lands I bought of Thomas Stone, aud from the head
of said branch and by a line of marked trees, westerly to
the back, then round by different lines several courses to
the said branch.
Item. I lend unto my daughter, Uphan Wilson Cooper*
the use of the following negroes during her natural life, to
wit: Toby, Sail, Will, Roger, and Sail's children, Creas>
Buck, Xan, Adam, Creasee's children, Nan and Will, Cate's
children, Charles and Edie, Pegg's children, Jupiter and
Abraham, old Joe's son, and after her decease I give and
devise the said negroes and their increase to be equally
divided between the lawful issue of her body, male and
female, share and share alike, to them and their heirs and
assigns forever.
Item. I give and devise to my son, Joseph John Alston,
all my lauds and plantation lying in the couuty of Chat-
ham that is not herein before mentioned or given iu lega-
cies to him and his heirs or assigns forever upon the ex-
pressed condition and proviso, that in case my said son,
Joseph John Alston, should live to the age of twenty-one
years or leave lawful issue of his body. But if neither of
these cases happen, I then give and devise the aforesaid land
to my grand sons hereafter named to be divided in the fol-
lowing manner, to-wit : To my grand son Joseph John
and His Descendants. 107
Alston, sou of my son Willis two tracts, to-wit : One tract
on the east end of the Hickory Mountain containing one
hundred and fifty acres, the other track containing three
hundred and fifty acres, more or less, which I bought of
Simon Tyrril, to him and his heirs or assigns forever the
residue of the aforesaid lands I give, devise and bequeath as
follows, to-wit: To my grand son Joseph John Alston, son
of my son John, to my grand son John, son of my son
Philip. To my grand son John Joseph, son of my son Wil-
liam, and to my grand son Joseph John, son of my son
Willis to be equally divided between them and their heirs or
assigns forever, share and share alike, but in case either of
my said grand sons should depart this life before they ar-
rive to the age of twenty-one years or leaving of lawful issue
of their body, then I give and devise the part or parts of
him or them so dying to the uext brother of him or them
so dying which shall then be living to them or each of
them and their heirs or assigns forever.
Item. It is my will aud desire that my negro woman
Lucy, the cook wench, shall enjoy her liberty after my de-
cease in the same manner as a free born person for aud dur-
ing the space of thirty-five years to commence immediately
after my decease, she the said Lucy yielding and paying- to
my executors hereinafter named the annual sum of one shil-
ling proc money if the same is by them demanded, and at
the expiration of the aforesaid term of thirty-five years, it
is my will and desire that my executors, or either of them
shall and they or either of them are hereby empowered to
sell the said Lucy, and the money arising from such sale
to be given to my son Joseph John, and during aforesaid
term of years it is my desire that the aforesaid Lucy be un-
der the protection of my executors hereinafter mentioned.
Item. And for preventing disputes which may arise
amongst my sons about any former rights or titles of heir-
ship in any slaves given by me amongst any of ray said
108 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
sons and now in their possession, it is my will and I do
hereby desire and direct that if any one of my said sons
John, Philip, William, Willis, Henry or Joseph John shall
at any time hereinafter sue for and recover or othervvays dis-
possess any other of my said sons of any slave or slaves given
them me in said case, I do hereby revoke so much of this
my last will as bequeath auy lands to such son who shall
dispossess any of his brothers, and I do hereby will and
devise all the lands such son might have inherited in virtue
of such will unto such of my other sous who shall be so
dispossessed of their slaves by him to be held for them, their
heirs or assigns for ever in fee simple.
Item. I give and devise to my son, Joseph John Alston,
all and singular of the remainder of my negro slaves and
all other of my estate, both real and personal, of what na-
ture, kind or quality soever which is not heretofore by me
bequeathed which I shall be possessed with at the time of
my decease, to him and his heirs and assigns forever, and
in case he should depart this life, without leaving lawful
issue of his body, then I give and devise the aforesaid ne-
gro slaves with their increase and all other of the personal
estate above bequeathed to be equally divided to and
amongst all the rest of my sons and daughters. My sons,
John, Phillip, William, Willis, Henry and my daughters
Patty, Mary and Uphan Wilson and my grand son Joseph
John, son of my son Willis, and to their, and each of their
heirs and assigns for ever and the survivors of them.
Item. And lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and
appoint my trusty and well beloved friends Willie Jones,
Solomon Williams, William Alston, the son of Philip-
James Alston and John Jones, and my son Joseph John
Alston, executors to my last will and testament hereby re-
voking, disannulling and making void all other will or
wills or testaments by me heretofore made or published.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
and His Descendants. 109
my seal this fifth day of January, in the year of out Lord
one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
JOSEPH JOHN ALSTON. [Seal.]
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the Testator
Joseph John Alston as and for his last will and testament
in presence of us who at his request subscribe our names
as witness to the due execution of the same.
Kobert Green, John Green, Willis Green.
Joseph John Alston was first married to Elisabeth
Chancy, and in seeking her ancestry we find the following
abstracts of wills:
1. William Chancy, Jr., 18th of 2d month, 1736.
Probated May 13th, 1736: father William Chancy, bro-
ther Jeremiah, sister Ann Boyd, sister Mary Chancy, sis-
ter Deborah, cousins Joseph and Deborah Sutton, children
of my sister Elisabeth, cousin John Symons, Brothers
Jeremiah Chancy aud John Boyd, executors.
2. William Chancy, (Sr.), Pasquotank, July 17, 1746,
probated August 4th, 1749. Gr. son William, son of
Jeremiah, deed., gr. sons William Boyd and William
Chancy Commander, daughter of Ann Whedbee (widow of
John Boyd), dau. Mary Commander, dau. Deborah Bailey,
gr. children Joseph and Deborah Sutton, gr. children
Winnifred, Elisabeth and Thomas Boyd, gr. children Ann
and Mary Bailey, sons-in-law Joseph Bailey and Joseph
Commander. Exr. and Test., Fordham Jordan, Hester
Broadwell, Arthur Williams.
3. There was also a will of Edmund Chancy probated
July, 1754, in Pasquotank. Devizees : sons, Stephen,
Daniel, Zachariah, Jacob, 3 gr.-sons Edmund, gr.-dau.
Mary Chancy, gr.-dan. Hannah : — dau. Ruth's children,
John Baker, Mary DeGraffenreidt, Blake Baker, Samuel
Baker, Ruth Baker, Zacloc Baker.
110 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
Edmund Chancy and William Chancy, Sr., were brothers
and had a sister Hannah who married Thomas Burnby.
These were children of Edmund Chancy upon whose
estate letters of administration were granted to Margaret
Culpepper in 1680.
These were very wealthy and influential families that
came to Albermarle from Virginia and extensively con-
nected. Elisabeth Chancy, the 1st. wife of Joseph John
Alston, was the dau. of William Chancy, Sr., and wife
Deborah, (dau. of Jeremiah Simons).
Euphan Wilson, the 2d wife of Joseph John Alston,
was the daughter of Willis Wilson, of Norfolk county,
Va., who was a member of the House of Burgesses from
that county in 1720, 1722, 1748 and 1750. Family
relics go to show that his wife's name was Mary. His will
was dated Apr. 28th, 1758, probated September court,
1760, and his sons were Samuel, James and Thomas.
J Joseph John Alston=Elisabeth Chancy, issue 4
ch. viz. :
1. I. Captain John Alston=Ann Hunt Macon,
issue (q. v.).
2. II. Colonel Philip Alston=Mary Drew Temple,.
issue (q. v.).
3. III. Martha (Patty)=Meroney, issue (q. v.).
4. IV. William =Sarah Yeargan, issue (</. v.).
2d Wife Euphan Wilson, issue, 5 ch., viz. :
5. V. Colonel Willis b. 1750= Elisabeth Wright,
issue (q. v.).
6. VI. Henry (Harry) b. 1753=Sarah Hill, issue(g. v.). ,
VII. Mary b. 175 6= William Palmer, and had one
son, viz. : S
Robert Palmer who married Nancy Ann Alston
(q. v.).
7. VIII. Euphan Wilson b. 1761=John Cooper, m.
3 779, issue (q. v.).
and His Descendants. Ill
8. IX. Joseph John (Chatham Jack) born March 15,
1767. Died April 29, 1841. Married June 1,
1791, to Martha Kearney, Issue (q. v.).
Memoranda Prepared by Hon. Charles Alston Cook, of
Warrenton, N. C.
Joseph John Alston: the first official record we have of
him is that he was in April, 1724, in attendance upon the
council at Edenton making a petition concerning his fath-
er's land patent on Bennett's creek. He patented a large
number of tracts of land in that section which afterwards
became Edgecombe County and later on, (1758) Halifax,
and settled in what is now the upper part of Halifax, on
the road leading from " Person's Ordinary" to Hamilton's
store on Marsh swamp, at or near the place now called
" Gretna Green, " and there died in 1781 and is there
buried in the old family graveyard.
In 1732 he was appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov.
ernor George Burrington. In 1745 he was one of the
Committee on Grievances and petitioned not to tax wives
of free negroes. After serving in the General Assembly
from 1744 to 1746, inclusive, as a member from Edgecombe
county, he retired from public life, aud thereafter devoted
himself to his domestic affairs, and increasing his fortune,
in which he was very successful, having given to his chil-
dren and grand-children by will and otherwise, about 150
slaves and over 100,000 acres of land. He first married
Betsey (Elizabeth) Chancy, of Virginia, and had by her
four children. He afterwards married Euphan Wilson
and by his marriage with her he had five children. About
two years before he died, he executed his will in his own
handwriting, dated May 20th, 1778, but did not sign it,
so he afterwards, to wit, on the 5th day of January, 1780,
executed his last will aud testament which is probated in
112 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
Halifax at the August court, 1731. I now have the origiual
will, which he failed to sign ; it shows a high order of
intellect, excellent penmanship, orthography and punctua-
tion perfect. In addition to bequests and devises made to
his children, he also makes some to his grand-children, viz.,
John Joseph, Samuel and Mary, children of his son Wil-
liam ; to Joseph John, son of his son Willis ; to Joseph
John, son of his son John ; to John, son of his son Philip ;
to Robert Palmer, sou of his son-in-law, William Palmer.
From this will it is ascertained that he gave his land in
Chatham county to his youngest son, Joseph John, who
moved to Chatham county and there resided, and was after-
wards called " Chatham Jack. " His son Henry moved to
Bute county and there lived upon the tract there situate,
containing 4,000 acres, which he had purchased from Solo-
mon Alston Jr. But as I am descended from his son John,
I will next trace his family history.
Captain John Alston (oldest son of Joseph John Alston,
the eldest) lived and died upon that tract of land devised
to him by his father on the east and north of Fishing
creek, in Halifax county, where he is now buried. A
part of this place was, a few years ago, owned by Mr.
Elijah Perry, and the family graveyard is only a few hun-
dred yards from the house. He married Ann Hunt Macon,
a daughter of Gideon Macon and sister of Nathaniel
Macon, and was one of the executors of his said father-in-
law, Gideon Macon, who died in Granville, (afterwards
Bute and now Warren) county, in 1761. By his marriage
with said Ann Hunt Macon, he had six children, the last
three being minors at the time of his death, which occurred
in 1784. His executors of his will were John Hawkins,
Jr., James Johnson and Nathaniel Macon, and it was wit-
nessed by William Johnson, James Connor Williams, Jr.
and Mary Carstarphan. After his death his widow mar-
ried Billy Green, a widower with eleven children. Being
and His Descendants. 113
descended from his son Gideon Alston, I will not now
undertake to trace any of his children except Gideon.
Gideon Alston, son of John Alston and Ann Hunt
Macon, his wife, was born at his father's home above de-
scribed. He married Frances Atherton and they resided at
his place devised to him by his father, near the Warren line
on the west side of Little Fishing creek, where they are
now buried in the family graveyard which is now owned by
me. He had no fondness for political life. Was elected
to the State Senate from his native county, Halifax, and
there served in 1805 and 1806, and when his term was out
he positively refused to ever again hold a public office,
giving as his reason that he would not undertake to per-
form any duty which would keep him from his family at
night. He was a devoted and indulgent husband and
father. Indulged his family in every luxury known to
that day.
When I was reading law with the Honorable William
Eaton, Jr., who was a distinguished lawyer, I was told by
him that his grandfather, Nathaniel Macon, would fre-
quently go down to see his nephew, Gideon Alston, during
his vacations from Congress and carry him with him, and
he would hear them discussing the public matters of that
day, and his grandfather told him " that his nephew,
Gideon Alston, was the most sensible man that he ever
knew, and that he never voted upon any important public
question in Congress until he had first consulted him and
gotten his views upon the subject. " He delighted in all
kinds of sport and owned the finest game chickens of that
day (the same breed being now in our family), and was the
champion cock fighter of all the country. The following
is a copy of one of his articles of a "cock-main," the
original of which I have in my possession, viz : " Articles
of a Cock-main made by Gid. Alston of the one part and
8al
114 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
Augustus Wyche, of the other part, to be fought at Rock
Landing, in the county of Halifax and State of North
Carolina, on the second Tuesday in May, 1820, showing
on each side twenty-five cocks, giving and taking two
ounces in each match, to fight for one hundred dollars a
battle and five thousand dollars the main ; it is agreed by
the parties to this cock main, that it shall be conducted
upon the most honorable and fair principles of the cock-pit
law, which is, in all matters of dispute to be left to judges
chosen by the parties, whose duty it shall be to hold the
money which is to be staked, and decide which party is
entitled to receive the same and deliver it accordingly.
Signed this day of in the presence of
l Gid Alston, Sr."
He was also fond of fine horses, and delighted in fox and
deer hunting, and boasted of having the finest packs of
fox and deer hounds in the state. He died at his home on
the 10th day of November, 1831, after the death of his
wife which occurred on the 28th day of October, 1830.
I shall next give a sketch of Gideon Alston, my grand-
father, son of the aforesaid Gideon, and Frances Atherton
Alston.
He was born at the home of his father on the 9th day
of October, 1795, and was married to Eliza Ann Branch,
daughter of Col. John Branch and Betsy Branch, n6e Nor-
wood, of Franklin county, and settled upon his father's
land in Warren county, which was afterwards given to him
as a part of his patrimony.
He had only two children, viz. : Havana Lenoir Alston
(my mother) and Gideon Branch Alston. He died at an
early age, having been thrown from the stage by the run-
ning away of the stage horses upon his return from
Raleigh, where he had been attending the session of the
General Assembly, of which he was a member, and badly
and His Descendants. 115
injured in the hip and spiue, and from which he finally
died. In 1824 and 1825 he represented his (Warren)
county in the Legislature, and would have been returned
again had he not been disabled.
He was highly educated and a cultured gentleman. In
mathematics he was especially proficient. While a boy in
1810 he began a work of his own and finished it on the
15th day of April, 1812, containing 271 pages written in
his own handwriting, beginning with numeration and end-
ing with the Double Rule of False Position ; which book
I now have in my possession. He died on the 21st day of
March, 1828, and is buried in the old family graveyard
only a few feet from his father's grave. His son, Gid.
Branch Alston, never married — died in February, 1894, in
the old homestead of his grandfather, Gid. While in Eng-
land in 1865 he made a thorough search of the Alston his-
tory.
"Alston," as you doubtless know, is of Saxon origin, and
"Odell Castle," formerly the property of the Alstons, is a
corruption of "Woodhill," and the name is still kept in the
family — my Uncle Gid. Branch Alston's place in this coun-
ty bearing the name of "Odell."
His daughter, Havana Lenoir, on the 23d day of Sep-
tember, 1847, married Charles Marshall Cook, and they
had only two children, viz. : Charles Alston Cook (myself)
and Alfred Lenoir Cook. My mother died on the 6th day
of December, 1878, and was buried in her garden under
"the peachtree," the place of her selection, at her home in
Warren county — being that part of her father's tract of
land which was allotted to her in the partition between her
and her brother, Gideon Branch Alston ; leaving her, sur-
viving myself and her husband, Rev. Charles Marshall
Cook (my father).
I was born in this place (Warrenton) at the old "Cook
Homestead " on the 7th day of October, 1848. My broth-
116 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
er, Alfred, was born at my mother's country place on the
28th day of June, 1850, and there died February 25th,
1854, and was buried in the garden, where my mother has
since been buried.
I Captain John Alston=Ann Hunt Macon, (q. v.)
(daughter of Gideon Macon=Priscilla Jones, q. v.)
Issue :
9 I. Col. Joseph John Alstou=Esther Wright, sister
of Col. Willis Alston's wife. He was in the Rev.
Service (q. v.), also a member of State Senate
1803-4-18-19-20-21.
10 II. Gideon Alston, b. Sept. 17th, 1765, d. 1831, m.
1789 to Frances Atherton (b. Nov. 6th, 1770, d.
1830), dau. of Col. Jephtha Atherton, of North-
ampton, N. C, and Elisabeth, his wife.
Issue (q. v.).
II III. Willis (Congress) Alston d. Apr. 13th, 1837; mar-
ried.
1st. Pattie Moore and had no issue.
2nd. On May 29th, 1817, at Wilmington, N. C, to
Sallie Madaline Potts, daughter of Joshua Potts,
of Smithville, N. C, who was Custom House of-
ficer or Revenue Collector for the post, and was
called among his friends and acquaintances the
Socrates of America. Issue (q. v.).
12 IV. Robert West Alston, b. 1781= Henrietta Green,
daughter of Wm. Green, his step-father. Issue
(q. v.).
V. Priscilla Jones Alston died young and unra.
VI. Ann Hunt Alston died young and unm.
Extract from Pension Office Record.
Joseph John Alston, private of cavalry in troop com-
manded by Capt. Joseph Hawkins in the North Carolina
and His Descendants. 117
line from Feb. 16th, 1781, to Nov., 1781, nine months, and
was present at the battle of Guilford. Re-entered the
service in March, 1782, and was in service four months,
also in the cavalry. He was born in Halifax county, N.
C, June 13th, 1763, and lived there and in Franklin coun-
ty until 1831, when he removed to Tennessee. In 1835 he
returned to Halifax county, N. C He was a brother of
Willis Alston, Member of Congress. Pension of $54.16
per annum granted and paid to February, 1848. File No.
6498. Index Vol. A, Page 6.
Extract from Letter of Frank C. Cosby, Washington, D. G.
" In regard to Jos. John Alston, I remember that in all
the affidavits, etc., he was colloquially styled Colonel, and
I remember his brother, Willis, being referred to as a Mem-
ber of Congress.
"Col. Alston also stated himself that for many years he
had refused to apply for a pension, but that loss of prop-
erty and other misfortunes compelled him to do so in his
old age. He was evidently a man of education and high
standing."
9 Col. Joseph John Alston= Esther Weight, issue :
I. John Alston=Bettie Wilcox, issue:
1 William Alston, who m. Delia Green, issue 1
dau., Rena, who m. Ridley Brown and have 2
children.
2 Joseph Alston, m. Jennie Davis.
3 Esther, m. Joseph Anderson and have no issue.
4 Susan, m. Jenkins and left issue.
13 II. Joseph Alstons Louisa Thomas, issue (q. v.).
III. Nancy Alstons: 1st, Hill and had one
dau., Ann Hill, who m. Skinner. 2nd, Dr.
Goodloe, and bore him two children, Camilla
Goodloe and Harwell Goodloe.
118 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
IV. Fannie Alston= Freeman and went to
Texas. Have not been able to obtain her de-
scent.
IS Joseph Alston=Louisa Thomas, issue 1 daughter,
Saeah Joseph Alston, who married John Her-
bert Claiborne, of Petersburg, Va., a direct
lineal descendant of Wm. Claiborne, Secretary of
State and Treasurer for Virginia, under Charles I.
1626-1642. Issue
I. Maria Louisa Cl a ibor"ne=Herbert
Harry Page, son of Dr. Matthew Page, of
Edenton, N. C, descendant of the Pages of
Rosewell, Va. Their children are
1 . Herbert Claiborne Page.
2. Byrd Alston Page.
3. Weldon Bathurst Page.
4. Matthew Page.
5. Randolph Rosewell Page.
II. Anna Augusta Claiborne=Dr. Philip How-
ell Lightfoot, of Port Royal, Caroline Co.,
Va., a relative of the learned Bishop Lightfoot,
of England. Their children are
1. Herbert Claiborne Lightfoot.
2. Philip Howell Lightfoot.
III. Sarah Joseph Claiborne— Hon. Wm. B.
McIlwain, of Scotch-Irish descent on father's
side. His mother was a descendant of Col. John
Bolling=Mary Kennon. He is a nephew of
Judge Roger A. Pryor, of New York, and in-
herits the legal and forensic ability that has
marked his mother's family. Member of the
Virginia Senate and of Board of Visitors of Uni-
versity of Virginia. A graceful orator, deep
and His Descendants. 119
thinker, and a man of wide popularity and in-
fluence in his State. Their children are
1. Joseph Claiborne Mcllwain.
2. Wm. B. Mcllwain, Jr.
3. Lucy Atkinson.
4. Anna Augusta.
IV. Elisabeth Weldon Claiborne= Bernard
Wann, of Virginia, a descendant on the Spindle
side of Oliver Cromwell. A learned and pro-
found lawyer. Their children are
1. Elisabeth Weldon Claiborne Wann.
2. Catherine Bernard Wann.
3. Bernard Wann.
V. Dr. John Herbert Claiborne, of New York,
unm. Oculist and Aurist. Lecturer in the
Columbia University, New York, and formerly
Adjunct Professor of Eye diseases at the New
York Polyclinic College. Author of two
works on diseases of the eye and of numerous
medical articles relating to his specialty. In
the war with Spain he went out with the 12th
New York Volunteers as 2d. lieutenant in the
line, resigned his commission and was honor-
ably discharged from the service on October
15th, 1898, after the peace protocolwas signed,
with the rank of captain. He was formerly a
member of Squadron A, the crack cavalry or-
ganization of the New York Guard, with
which he saw service in the Buffalo and
Brooklyn riots.
'Gideon Alston= Frances Atherton, issue :
I. Elisabeth Chauncey, b. July 12th, 1790; d. Feb.
21st, 1833, unm.
120 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
14. II. JoHNb.Feb. 26th, 1792, d. Oct. 1843=Dorothy
Miriam Crowell, of Halifax. Her family
name in England was Cromwell, but owing to
the persecution against all bearing that name,
her ancestor in coming to America dropped the
letter M, thus making the name Crowell. Issue
{q. v.).
III. Dorothy Atherton, b. Jany. 10th, 1794; d. Sept.
25th, 1797.
15 IV. Gideon Jr., b. Oct. 9th, 1795; d. March 27,
1828. = Sept. 24, 1822, to Eliza Ann Branch,
[q. v.) a sister of John Branch, who was Gover-
nor of North Carolina 1817-1820. Democratic
U. S. Senator, 1823-1829. Secretary of the
Navy in Jackson's Cabinet 1829-1831, and Gov-
ernor of Florida 1844-1845.
16 V. Temperance Dawson, b. Oct. 14th, 1797 ; d.
1829 = 1st. Willis Harris, and 2d. Jack
Bobbitt, and left issue (q. v.).
17 VI. Mary Ann Atherton, b. Aug. 2, 1799 =
Charles Bobbitt and left issue.
VII. Frances Atherton, b. June 1st, 1801; d. 1875,
unm.
18 VIII. Arabella Atherton, b. August 13, 1803; d.
1864=Dr. Henry J. Macon, son of Gid Hunt
Macon and left issue (q. v.).
IX. Amaryllis Atherton, b. May 5, 1805 ; d. Dec.
23, 1884, unm.
X. Jesse Atherton Alston, b. May 8th, 1807 =
Widow Newell, and d. s. p. in Mexico.
XI. Erasmus Gallatin Alston, b. Feb. 11th, 1809; d.
Aug. 29th, 1834, unm.
XII. Matilda, b. Aug. 10th, 1810; d. Aug. 7th, 1837
=Wm. Harris; no issue.
and His Descendants. 121
19 XIII. Dolly Exum, b. Dec. 7, 1812 ; d. 1876=Feb.
16, 1832, to W. W. Daniel, and left issue (q. v.).
14- John Alston =Dorothy Miriam Crowell, issue :
I. Benjamin Alston, was killed in early man-
hood.
II. Anna Maria= Wm. Arrington, and had issue :
1. Nannie Arrington=Henderson, of Miss-
issippi, and had one dau., Jane.
,20 2. Dolly Arrington = James Leonidas Dunn
and have issue (g. v.).
21 3. Maria Arrington=Hon. W. H. Kitchen
and have issue (q. v.).
4. John, unm.
5. Samuel, unm.
22 III. Miriam Bradford Alston=Christopher
Allen of North Carolina, and have issue (q. v.).
IV. Frances Atherton = James Faulcon.
xx V. John Crowell Alston =Elisabeth Montford, of
Virginia, and have issue (g. v.).
VI. Gideon Alston (Big Gid)= Annie Selby and
have issue :
1. Annie Fort=Neal and have dau.
Estelle.
2. Selby ALSTON=rand had dau. Coral, and
son, Gideon.
3. Robert Alston = Hines and have
issue :
1. Robert Lee. 2. Crowell Hines.
3. Annie Ellen. 4. Harvey Claude.
5. Lula Miriam.
4. Miriam Allen= Crawley and
have issue:
1. Esthelyn Crawley. 2. Howard
Crawley. 3. Willis Crawley.
122 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
VII. Thomas C. M. A lston= Margaret T. Mont-
ford, sister of his brother John Crowell Alston's
wife, and have issue :
1. Dolly=Linville Allenj her cousin, and
have no issue.
2. Eugene Alston =Cora Lipsey and have
four children.
3. James Alstou=Occie Doub, no issue.
4. Mary=Paul Allen, her cousin, they
have two children.
5. Elisabeth=Thomas Allen, her cousin,
they have three children.
6. Thos. Alston, unm.
7. Gertrudes-John Burges ; they have four
children.
8. Josephine, unm.
9. Lula Macon, unm.
10. Gideon Alston, unm.
11. John Alston=Mollie Tillery.
12. Daniel Alston, d. s. p.
13. Pattie Alston, d. unm.
W 2. Dorothy (Dollie) Miriam Arrington, b. in
Brinkleyville, N. C, Aug. 2d, 1841, married
Feb. 14th, 1856, James Leonidas Dunn, son
of Burrell Dunn and Draughan, his wife.
They now reside in Halifax county, N. C, issue:
1. W. A. Dunn, b. 1856, married 1879, issue:
1. Lucy S. 2. Albion. 3. Kate. 4. Ash-
ley W, and 5 Sallie S. Dunn.
2. C. W. Dunn, b. 1858, m. 1882; issue :
1. Ethel. 2. Charles, and 3 Dorothy.
3. J. B. Dunn, b. 1860, m. 1886.
4. Balfour Dunn, b. 1862, m. 1884, issue :
and His Descendants. 123
1. Leonidas. 2. Surry. 3. William, and
4 Susan Dunn.
5. James Lee Dunn, b. 1864, d. 1880.
6. Annie E. Dunn, b. 1866, unm.
7. Walter Dunn, b. 1868, m. 1890; issue
Carrie Lee.
8. Pattie Hardee Dunn, b. 1871, m.
1893 Lee, issue : Rowland Lee.
They reside in Dallas, Missouri.
9. Minnie K. Dunn, b. 1873, unm.
10. Jane H. Dunn, b. 1877.
11. Julia Dunn, b. 1878.
12. Samuel A. Dunn, b. 1880.
13. Raymond Crowell Dunn, b. 1882.
21 3. Maria Arrington=1864 to Hon. Wm. H.
Kitchen, issue :
1. Samuel A. Kitchen, born 1865 at Scot-
land Neck, N. C, married.
2. W. W. Kitchen, b. 1867 at Scotland
Neck, married.
3. Claud Kitchen, b. 1869 at Scotland Neck,
married.
4. Arrington Kitchen, b. 1871 at Scotland
Neck, unm.
5. Paul Kitchen, b. 1873 at Scotland Neck,
unmarried.
6. Gertrude, b. 1875 at Scotland Neck, m.
McDonnell.
7. Anne Kitchen, b. 1877, at Scotland Neck,
unmarried.
8. R. V. Kitchen, b. 1879 at Scotland Neck,
unmarried.
9. Thurman Kitchen, b. 1885 at Scotland
Neck, unm.
124 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
10. Leland Kitchen.
11. Teddy Kitcheu.
4. John Arrington, and 5, Samuel Arrington, without
issue :
22 Miriam Bradford Alston= Christopher Allen,
issue :
I. Daniel Allen, no issue.
II. Annie B=lst. Si Lemay and 2d. Louis Goodloe,
(a. p.).
III. LucRETiA=lst. Robert Jones, issue five children,
2d. Mark Perry Alston, (s.p.).
IV. John Allen, (d. s. p.).
V. Charles Allen= Annie Murray.
VI. Thomas Allen=Bettie Alston, his cousin;
they have three children.
VII. Maria, unm.
VIII. Paul Allen= Mary M. Alston, his cousin, and
have two children.
IX. Linville Allen=Dollie Alston, his cousin, (s. p.).
xx John Cro well A lston= Elisabeth Montford, of
Virginia. Issue :
I. Robert Alston=Bettie Johnson Alston, dau.
of Saml. Wms. Alston=Adeline Perry, issue,
seven children (no record).
II. Benjamin Cro well Alston= Charlotte E.
Hooper, issue :
1. Bettie. 2. Charlie Cook. 3. Lucy.
4. Robert, and 5, John, twins. 6. Berna-
dine. 7. Josephine. 8. DeBernie.
Hooper.
III. Mary M.=John Cook, issue, two children.
IV. Lucie C.= Robert Overstreet, issue, one child.
and His Descendants. 125
V. Mark Perry Alston =Mrs. Lucretia Jones, nee
Allen, (s. p.).
VI. John Allen Alston=Adeline Bobbitt, issue,
five children.
VII. Bettie.
VIII. Ida Douglas.
IX. Jacquilina.
X. Wm. A. Alston. (All d. s. p.)
XI. Mary Ellen = J. H. Overstreet, issue three children.
XII. Guy Courtland Alston —Bertha Barton, of Indiana;
they have no living issue.
15 Gideon Alston, Jr.,=Eliza Ann Branch ; issue:
Gideon Branch Alston, b. April 26th, 1827; d.
Feb. 4th, 1894, (s. p.).
Havana Lenoir Alston, b. Aug. 21st, 1824; d.
Dec. 6th, 1878.=Sept. 23d, 1847, Rev.
Charles Marshall Cook, who was Master
in Court of Equity for Warren Co., from
April 15, 1846, to 1868, when the system of
the courts was changed under the new Consti-
tution, and whose parents were Benj. Edward
Cook, Probate Judge of Warren Co. for 48
years=Sallie Hawkins Marshall. Issue :
Alfred Lenoir Cook, b. 1850, and died in
infancy.
Charles Alston Cook, b.^Oct. 7th, 1848
=Marina Williams Jones, dau. of Jo-
seph Speed Jones=Lucy Pettway, dau. of
Mark H. Pettway =Marina C. Williams,
Issue:
1. Gideon Branch Alston Cook ; d. in
childhood.
126 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
2. Lenoir Alston Cook =George Egbert
McLaurine, Dec. 27th, 1899.
(One son, C. A. Cook McLaurine,
b. April, 1901.)
3. Bignoll Speed Cook.
4. Josephine Henry Cook.
5. Barker Pettway Cook.
6. Charles Alston Cook, Jr.
7. Marshall Edwards Cook.
8. William Jones Cook.
9. Marina Williams); d. in early child-
hood.
10. Benjamin Edwards Cook.
11. Mary Speed Mercer Cook.
Col. Cook graduated at Princeton in June, 1870, and was
admitted to the bar in 1872, since which time he has re-
sided in Warrenton. In 1874-5 he was Assistant District
Solicitor, and in 1878 was Solicitor of the Criminal Court
of the County. In October, 1889, he was appointed by
President Harrison, Attorney for the U. S. for the Eastern
District of North Carolina. He is a member of the M. E.
Church, South, and has been a steward of the church for
fifteen years and recording steward for ten years; four times
elected secretary of the district conference, and four times a
delegate to the annual conference; is one of the trustees to
the State University and was State Senator from the 19th
District in 1886-8, and is now Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
16 Temperance Dawson Alston = Willis Harris; issue :
I. Gideon Alston Harris = Lizzie Cook, (dau. of
B. E. Cook==Sallie Hawkins Marshall), issue :
1. Willis Harris, lives in Mississippi.
2. Charles Harris, was killed in C. S. Army.
and His Descendants. 127
After the death of Willis Harris, Sr., his widow mar-
ried Jack Bobbitt and bore him :
II. One son, Stephen Bobbitt, who was in the C. S.
Army. He married Ophelia Shearin.
17 Mary Ann Atherton Alston=Charles Bob-
bitt, issue:
I. Frank Bobbitt=Adellne Allen, issue three
children.
II. Gideon Chauncey Bobbitt, unm.
III. Nathaniel Macon Bobbitt. unm. Was in C. S.
Army.
IV. Dorothy Frances=Jeff Hamlin and had
two sons.
V. Elisabeth Chauncy, unm.
VI. Eveline Winnifred, unm.
VII. William Burge Bobbitt, unm.
18 Arabella Atherton Alston=Dr. Henry J.
Macon, issue :
I. Gid Hunt Macon Jr.=Lou Jenkins, b.
1832 ; issue:
1. Philip J. Macon=Georgia Tarwater;
issue :
1. Gid Hunt Macon the 3d ; and 2. Joe Tar-
water Macon.
2. Henry Thomas Macon=Kate Thomas,
issue :
1. Willie Grey. 2. Alexander Macon.
3. Hunt Sheltou Macon. 4. Philena.
3. Jesse Alston Macon, uum.
4. Gid. Hunt Macon, unm.
5. Mattie Bell Macon=011ie Shell, Jr.; for
issue (q. v.).
128 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
6. Lula Jenkins Macon= Frank Allen;
issue :
1. Lucile Allen. 2. Phil Macon Allen.
7. Francis Atherton Macon=Carrie
LlTCHFORD, issue :
Francis Atherton Macon and Nathaniel
Macon.
8. Lizzie Holman Macon, unm.
9. Sarah Jenkins Macon, unm.
II. Jesse Macon, d. in C. S. Army.
III. Hal Macou, (d. s. p.) was in C. S. Army.
IV. Thomas Hawkins Macon, (d. s. p.).
V. Frankie= Littleton Upshur and moved to
Mississippi. Issue :
Thomas Upshur m. and had two children,
Lula and Littleton.
Henry Macon Upshur, died.
Littleton Upshur, died.
Nellie =;Itobert Portwood.
Maniie = N. D. Johnson.
VI. Jennie Florence Macon= Francis Marion
Johnson, of Littleton, N. C, who served in
C. S. Army. Issue :
1. Hunt Johnson, was in Spanish war.
2. Minnie. 3. Atherton Johnson.
4. Arline. 5. Bertie. 6. Nora.
7. Julian Marion Johnson.
19 Dollie Exum Alston = William Wilie Daniel,
gr. son of Gen'l. Wilie Jones, of Halifax. Issue:
I. Erasmus Alston Daniel =Tempie W. Nichol-
son, June 27, 1878. Issue:
1 . Erasmus Alston Daniel.
2. Blake Nicholson Daniel.
3. Tempie Towns Daniel.
and His Descendants. 129
4. Mary Long Daniel.
5. Johu Graham Daniel.
6. Lucy Edward Daniel.
24- II. Amaryllis Alston Daniel =Oliver Perry
Shell; no issue. After the death of his wife,
Oliver P. Shell married again to Mary Trum-
bull, of Warrenton, and had issue (q. v.). (He
was the only child of Dr. Shell — Martha Tem-
perance Alston (5. v.).
III. Lizzie Daniel=Thomas Holman, of Tennes-
see ; issue, one son, Thomas Holman ; unm.
IV. Frances Gideon Daniel— John Graham, who
with the assistance of his accomplished wife
and daughters, is conducting a large and
flourishing school in Warrenton, N. C. Issue:
I. Anna David Graham.
II. Flora May=William1HenryHorne
June 30, 1897 ; issue, William Henry
Home, Jr., b. Jany 2d, 1899.
III. John Graham, Jr., died.
IV. Maria Daniel Graham.
V. Virginia Williams Graham.
VI. William Archibald Graham.
V. William DeLomont Daniel=Fannie Kings-
land, August 28th, 1869. Issue :
I. Sallie Kingsland Daniel.
II. Dollie Alston Daniel.
III. Eliza Thayer Daniel.
IV. Erasmus Alston Daniel, died.
V. Willie Wiley Daniel.
VI. Richard Kingslaud Daniel.
VII. Fannie Graham Daniel.
VIII. Ellen Junius Daniel.
IX. Mary Caroline Daniel.
X. Lilly Saulsbury Daniel.
'J al
130 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
VI. Beverley B. Daniel was in the Confederate
army and married October 12th, 1775, to Ella
May Bihm. Issue :
I. Amma Lou Dantel=Lacy B. Jowett.
Issue, Beverly Edward Jowett, b. March,
1898.
II. Lizzie Hoi man Daniel.
III. Maria Graham Daniel.
IV. Frankie Graham Daniel.
V. William Wiley Daniel.
VI. Virginia W. Daniel.
VII. George Holman Graham Daniel.
VIII. Ella Loucindia Daniel.
IX. Thomas Holman Daniel.
VII. Maria Jones Daniel=George Graham, of
Tennessee. Issue:
I. George Graham, Jr.
II. Frank Graham.
III. Thomas Holman Graham.
IV. William Wiley Graham.
11 Hon. Willis Alston=Sallie Madaline Potts.
AVillis Alston first appears upon record in 1790 as
a member of the House of Commons from Hali-
fax County, where he served for three successive
terms. In 1794 he was elected to the State Sen-
ate, where he served for three terms. In 1803
he was elected to Congress, over Gov. William
R. Davie, his opponent, and continued to serve
there until 1815. In 1812 he was Chairman of
the Committee of W r ays and Means in Congress,
a position of high responsibility and difficulty at
any period, but particularly so at that time.
He was again member of the House of Com-
mons 1819-20-21 and in Congress 1825-1831.
and His Descendants. 131
He died Ap. 10th, 1837. He was a man of
great tact, and distinguished as a consistent, uni-
form and decided politician. From his long ser-
vice in Congress he has been called Congress
Willis, to distinguish him from Col. Willis and
others having the same name. As a master he
was very kind and indulgent to his servants, and
was universally popular wherever known. Be-
ing possessed of wealth, he always kept his own
carriage and horses while attending the sessions
of Congress. He left three sons and two daugh-
ters.
25 I. Charles Julian Poydr^as Alston, born March
12th, 1818=Mary Janet Clark. Issue (q.v.).
II. Ariellah Adela Alston, b. Jan'y 26th, 1821
— Col. James B. Hawkins, and have two liv-
ing children, viz.: Frank Hawkins and Jennie,
who m. Edmund Brodie of Henderson, and has
one son, James Brodie.
III. Leonidas Alston, b. 1823 and d. Jan'y 27th,
1849, married Emma Foster and had one
son, Foster Alston, who d. unm.
IV. Missouri F. Alston, b. Nov. 2d, 1824=
Archibald Davis Alston (son of Nicholas
Faulcon Alston =Elizabeth Crawford Davis)
(q. v.).
V. Edgar Alston, b. Ap. 20th, 1827 ; d. Sep. 8th,
1848, at Galveston, after the Mexican war,
(s. p.).
£5 Charles J. P. Alston=Mary Janet Clark.
I. Issue, Dr. Willis Alston, of Littleton, N. C,
who m. Lucie Skinner, dau. of Dr. Charles
8kinner=Susan Little.
Dr. Alston is quite a distinguished physi-
132 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
cian and his family is noted for their hospitality,
as he is for his personal popularity. Their chil-
dren are :
I. Howard Alston (attorney at law),
Weldon, N. C.
II. Charles Skinner Alston, insurance
agent at Wilmington, N. C.
III. Margaret Janet Alston.
IV. Willis Alston, Jr.
V. Annie May Alston.
VI. Lucie Douglas, died young.
II. Samuel Clark Alston.
III. Charles Urquhart Alston.
IV. Leonidas Alston, b. 1861 ; m. 1882 Aline
Wiggins (dau. of William H. Wiggins and Bet-
tie Burton, a gr. dau. of Gov. Burton. She is a
descendant of Willie Jones, of the Revolution).
They have seven children, viz. :
I. John Pattersou Alston, b. 1884.
II. Jessie Gordon Alston, b. 1886.
III. William Wiggins Alston, b. 1888.
IV. Edgar Leonidas Alston, b. 1890.
V. Mary Elizabeth Alston, b. 1892.
VI. Roberta Harris Alston, b. 1895.
VII. Harriet Lucy Alston, b. 1898.
V. Edgar Alston died young.
12 Robert West Alston, b. March 2d, 1781, in Hali-
fax county, N.C., and died Dec. 25th, 1859 ; re-
moved from Halifax county to Hancock county,
Ga., and thence to Florida. He married Hen-
rietta Green on Sept. 24th, 1800. She was
born in Warren county May 24, 1784, and d.
March, 1844, and was the youngest child of
Willian Green and Mary Christmas, his wife.
and His Descendants. 133
(For Wm. Green's family see elsewhere). Their
children :
I. William Green, b. 1801, in Warren county, d.
1801.
II. Daniel, b. 1802, Hancock county, Ga.; d. 1803.
26 III. Willis W., b. Nov. 17th, 1803, Hancock
county, Ga.; d. Dec. 12th, 1840, (q. v.).
27 IV. Augustus, b. Oct. 6th, 1805, Hancock county,
Ga.; d. Dec, 12th, 1838, (q.v.).
98 V. Henrietta Green, b. Aug. 23d, 1807, Hancock
county, Ga.; d. Jan'y, 1888, (q. v.).
VI. Robert West, b. 1809, Hancock county, Ga.;
d. 1809.
29 VII. Ann Hunt Macon, b. June 30th, 1811, Han-
cock county, Ga.; d. February, 1879, (q. v.).
VIII. Gideon ; b. 1813, killed through accident in
early manhood. Born in Hancock county, Ga.
30 IX. Caroline Ransom, b. Aug. 22d, 1815, in War-
ren county, N. C; d. March, 1897, (q. v.).
31 X. Angelica Chauncey, b. Oct. 12th, 1816, in
Sparta, Ga., (q. v.).
XL Sarah Clementina, b. March 2d, 1818, Sparta,
Ga.; d. October., 1842, {q. v.).
33 XII. Philoclea Edgeworth, b. May 23d, 1820,
Sparta, Ga.; d. 1868, (q. v.).
34 XIII. Florida, b. June 21st, 1822, Sparta, Ga.; d.
1849, (q. v.).
26 Willis W. Alston= Elisabeth Howard on December
1 8th, 1828. (She was the daughter of Rev. Thomas
Coke Howard and Mariana Hall, dau. of John Hall
and Julia Hill, of Wilmington.) Their children
were :
1. John Howard, and 2. John Floyd ; d. in infancy.
3. Robert A. Alston.
4. Sue Willis Alston.
134 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
Col. Robert A. Alston = Mary Charlotte Me-
Gill. Issue :
1. Bessie, m. Trotter and has 5 children; lives in
Madison, Ga.
2. Robert, Jr., died in Washington, D. C, 1886.
3. Daniel, in R, R. business in Florida; unm.
4. Minnie, m. Brattou ; no issue. South Carolina.
Sue Willis Alstons 1st. Edwin L. Anderson. Issue :
Mary, d. (s. p.).
Edward Anderson, m. Xe-
ta Walker, of Florida.
=2d. Judge Robert Brown, of
Decatur, Ga. Issue: Ina Gertrude Alston Brown.
27 Augustus Alston, m. Mary Helen Hawkins (dau.
of Col. Jos. Hawkins and Mary Alston) Nov. 19th,
1829. Issue:
1. Robert West, died.
2. Joseph Hawkins Alston, m. Miss Berry, of
Tallahassee, Fla., and have one dau. married
and living in Florida.
3. Henrietta, m. Capt. William Fisher, of
Tallahassee. Issue :
1. Alston Fisher, unm. Pensacola.
2. William Fisher, attorney in Pensacola, mar-
ried Miss Armstrong, of Alabama, and have
5 children.
3. Helen Fisher, unm.
4. Kempa Fisher, m. De La Motta Sheftall.
Col. Augustus Alston served through the Indian war in
Florida, and was afterwards killed by General Reed, who
in turn was killed by Willis Alston, who was afterwards
killed in Texas, by a mob, after having first killed Dr.
Stewart.
and His Descendants. 135
28 Henrietta Green Alston=Augustus Kenan,
June 19, 1828. Issue:
1. Heurietta Kenan, m. Thomas White, of Mil-
leclgeville, Ga., attorney, and have one child,
Lula, who m. Riley, Washington, D. C.
2. Lewis Kenan, m. Miss Davidson, of New
York, and was killed in Milledgeville, in 1874.
No issue.
3. Ella Kenan, m. Benj. White, of Ma-
rietta, Ga., d.; 2 sous and 2 daughters — all
living in Marietta ; one dan. is m. to Mr.
Black.
4. Martha Owen Kenan, m. Dr. Hartley
Hall, of Milledgeville; d. and left 3 children,
one of whom is Augustus Hall (R. R. man),
Waycross, Ga.
5. Dr. Thomas Kenan, m. Miss Kirtland, of
New York, and have 4 children :
1. Lewis Kirtland, 2. Lucy, 3. Henrietta,
unm. and living with parents in Atlanta.
4. Carolina, m. Charles Anderson, of Way-
cross, Ga. (s. p. ) .
29 Ann Hunt Macon Alston, m. December 3d, 1829,
Major Floyd, of Darien, Ga., who was killed six
weeks afterwards. She then, on October 2, 1837,
m. D. A. Gaillard, of Charleston, S. C. He was
accidentally killed on a camp hunt in Florida, in
1847. She then married General Edward D.
King, of Marion, Ala., and was again left a widow.
She died iu Milledgeville, in 1879, leaving no chil-
dren.
30 Carolina Ransom Alston=Col. Samuel Reid, of
Georgia, January 7th, 1835. She lived in Thorn
asville, Ga., and left two children : Henrietta, who
136 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
lives in Thomasville, Ga., and Samuel Reid, who
m. Miss Lowry, of Thomas Co. He lives in South
Florida, and has 5 children.
31 Angelica Chauncey Alston (died Aug. 29, 1900)=
Colonel Joseph L. Cooper, of Meriwether Co.,
Ga., February 25th, 1834, and had 5 daughters.
1. Roberta Henrietta Cooper=Dr. Burwell
A. Bobo, of South Carolina, who served
through the Confederate war as surgeon. He
volunteered to attend yellow fever sufferers in
New Orleans, and was taken with the disease
himself and died October 4th, 1878. She lives
in Atlauta, and has 4 children :
1. Annie m. a Son of Judge Brown, of De-
catur, Ga., and has two daughters, viz.:
Annie Alston and Roberta. They live in
Atlanta.
2. Cora m. Jewell, of Boston, Ver-
mont. They have three children, viz.: Carl
Henry, Robert Cooper, and Alvin.
3. Clarence Bobo — Mo.
4. Edward Simpson Bobo, Birmingham, Ala.
2. Annie Gaillard Cooper— Col. Edward Tat-
nall, of Savannah, Ga., solicitor-general of
Southern Circuit at time of his death, 1864.
Had 3 sons. Edward Tatnall and Cooper both
now live in Gadsden, Fla., and are extensive
tobacco raisers. Third son, De La Motta, m.
Miss Fisher, of Pensacola, Fla., and are now
living in Atlanta, Ga.
3. Joseph Lewis Cooper=Dr. Wragg, of
Charleston, S. C.,and were residents of Quincy,
Fla., until his death in April, 1889. They
had 3 children, viz. : 1. Penelope; 2. Thomas,
and His Descendants. 137
and 3. Samuel Alston Wragg, who is an
Episcopal minister, and all are residents now
of Charleston, S. C.
4. Martha and, 5, Sophia Clementina, died yonng.
32 Sarah Clementina Alston=Dr. John Bacon, of
Decatur, Ala., May 24th, 1837, and died several
years ago. Of their three children, John — , Henri-
etta and Robert Alston Bacon. Robert never mar-
ried, and is known as Major Bacon through the
South. Henrietta Alston Bacon married —
Mcdonald, of Decatur, Ala., and has four chil-
dren grown.
33 Philoclea Edgeworth Alston=Gov. D. S.
Walker, of Tallahassee, Fla., May24th, 1839, and
had four children.
1. Philip Walker, lives in Tallahassee ; unm.
2. David Walker, Attorney in Tallahassee ; d.
num. -891.
3. Florida Walker m. Col. Cockrell, a law-
yer of Jacksonville, Fla., and have two chil-
dren, a sou and a daughter.
4. Augustus Alston Walker after completing his
law studies in New York, located in Jackson-
ville, Fla., and died in 1895.
2>4- Florida Alston=Col. Hugh Fisher, of Tallahassee,
Fla., on the 8th of Dec, 1843, and had three chil-
dren.
1. Elisabeth m. Mr. Herring, of Thomasville,
Ga., and lives in Tallahassee, Fla. He is a
prosperous farmer.
2. Henrietta m. Augustus Brooks, of Thomas-
ville, Ga., and have three children.
138 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
3. Piiiloclea m. Captain Hollister, of Michi-
gan. She has three children and lives in
Chicago.
The above records of the family of Robert West Alston
have been obtained through Mrs. A. A. Cooper, of
Florida, who has since died.
2 Col. Philip Alston resided in that portion of Cumber-
land county which afterwards went to form Moore. He also
hold property in Chatham. He was appointed 2d Major for
Cumberland Co. in 1775 and subsequently became Colonel.
He was very active in his hostility to the Tories, and was
antagonized by Col. David Fanning, an equally brave, dar-
ing, zealous and relentless Tory partisan leader. On one
occasion, Alston, when pursued by Fanning, leaped his
horse from a bluff into the river and swam across, thus
making his escape. His being finally entrapped and cap-
tured while on a visit to his home at Horse Shoe Bend, on
Deep river, in Chatham county, by Col. Fanning in 1781,
having been betrayed by a neighbor to whom he had pre-
viously shown mauy acts of kindness, illustrates the bitter-
ness of partisan warfare. After his capture he was hur-
riedly sent to Wilmington and placed on board a prison
ship, from which, with one other companion, in a half-
starved condition, he finally escaped at night by swimming
several miles to laud. There they found a sheep in the
marsh which had died from being mired. This they
dragged out and ate of the raw flesh to satisfy the cravings
of hunger. They being too nearly dead from exhaustion
and starvation to travel, went to a house which proved to
be the home of a tory. He not only refused them food or
comfort, but threatened to send them back to the prison
ship. His kind-hearted wife pitied them in their starved,
destitute condition, and despite her husband's prohibi-
and His Descendants. 139
tion, and without his knowledge, supplied them liber-
ally with food, and thus hastened their escape. In 1785
and 1786, he was a member of the State Senate from
Moore county. In 1784 when that county was formed,
in organizing the courts, he was one of the justices
and became clerk. In the following year he was re-
lieved of the clerkship and elected to the State Senate
and George Glascock, was made clerk. Glascock was killed
by a negro belonging to Col. Alston. The negro fled to
Georgia and was followed by his master who was there
killed by the same negro. The following record of his
descent, has been obtained mostly from Mrs. Michael L.
Woods, of Montgomery, (a dau. of Albert James Pickett),
and Samuel S. Harris, of Detroit, Mich, (son of Bishop
Samuel S. Harris of the P. E. church), also Mrs. Chas.
Hooks Harris, of Cedartown. Ga.
3 Col. Philip Alston married Mary Drew Temple. Issue :
35. I. John Alston to whom a special bequest was made
by his gr. father in 1778. ( q. v.).
36 II. James Alston — Mary Wilcox, (//. v.).
37 III. Philip Alston= (q. v.).
IV. Drew Alston ; no farther record of him.
38 V. Mary Drew Alston, b. 1784 in North Carolina, and
d. 1841, Montgomery Co., Ala. She was 1st mar-
ried to Carroll and had no issue. 2d to William
Harris in 1811 in Telfair Co. Ga.; issue (q. v.).
This William Harris was born in Craven Co., ~N. C,
1774. He first m. Julia Fulcher, of New Berne, N.
C, who died 1801, s. p. In 1803 he m. Sarah Coffee,
in Hancock Co., Ga., who died in 1807, leaving two
children, viz. :
1. Julia Harris, who m. Judge Field.
2. Peter Coffee Harris who m. Xarcissa Hooks in
1827. (For history of her * t family see
140 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780 —
Wheeler's History of N. C, Vol. 1, p. 457.)
Their children were
I. Dr. Charles Hooks Harris (Cedartown,
G'a.).
II. Dr. William Stephen Harris (Union
Springs, Ala.), d. 1896.
III. Peter Coffee Harris.
The following is copied from a letter written by Col.
Joseph K. Alston, of Columbia, S. C, some years ago,
that is now iu the possession of Rev. Benj. Allston.
35 John Alston died in Fairfield Dist, S. C, about
1790, leaving three sons and one dau. viz.:
1. Samuel Alston, d. unm.
2. Mary Alston, d. unm.
3. James Alston=Frances Kirkland and had
one sou, William John=wife unknown
and one dau. Elisabeth =Dr. George B.
Pearsou. William John had a son, Jos. K.
Alston, Esq., of Columbia, S. C.
4. David Alston=Susanna Strother; issue:
1. William L. Alston, was killed in the
battle of St. Jacinto, Texas. His brother,
2. James, went to Texas with the avowed
intention of going into the Mexican
lines and avenging his brother's death
by killing General Santa Anna. He
died unm.
3. John A. Alston= ; had issue, viz. :
1. Robert. 2. Gadsden. 3. Peter
4. Butler. 5. Mary.
S3 James Alston represented Chatham county in the
legislature of North Carolina in 1801, and married
Mary Wilcox, of Fayetteville, N. C. He removed
and His Descendants. 141
from Chatham county to Telfair county, Ga., and
about 1837 he removed to Wyatt, Miss. His brother,
Philip, went to Jackson, Tenn., where his descend-
ants still reside. The following were their chil-
dren, viz. :
I. John. VII. Margaret.
II. James. VIII. Anu.
III. Rebecca. IX. Willis.
IV. Elisabeth m.Thos. G.Mitchell. X. Drew.
V. Philip IX. Henry.
VI. William Alston=Miss Somerville and re-
moved from Tel/air county Ga., to Wyatt,
Miss., about 1842. They had a sou, Philip
Somerville Alston, whose dau., Pauline
Alston, married Walter Clark and lives at
Clarkesdale, Miss., from whom we have
obtained the above meagre account of James
Alston's descent.
(Mrs. C. A. Stegall, of Montgomery, Ala., states that
her mother, Elisabeth Alston, married Thomas G. Mitchell
and removed from near Thomasville, Ga., to Mississippi
while she was an infant. That all of James Alston's chil-
dren were church members, one of the sous being a minis-
ter. Her uncles, Philip and Henry, died in Texas, near
Iron Bridge. One of her mother's sisters married Gillis
and died in California. The other two married Feather-
stone and Wyche whose descendants are in Mississippi and
Texas.)
37 From a letter written in January, 1899, by Mrs.
Nannie V. Alston, of Jackson, Tenn., we gather
the following:
Philip Alston removed to Jackson, Tenn.,
where he died, leaving three sons, viz. : James,
142 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
John and Philip; also some daughters, among
whom were Mrs. Louisa Fussell, of Arkansas.
John died many years ago leaving a daughter.
Philip died about four years since leaving a son,
James Blakemore Alston, now living in Madison
county. James died many years ago, leaviug an
only son, John (my husband), who died in
October, 1885, aged 37, leaving two sons, Louis
and John, who are now living in Jackson.
There was an emigration of the entire family of Col.
Philip Alston from North Carolina after the Revolution,
and the county records of Chatham and Moore offer noth-
ing in the way of wills or deeds, as to his descent or where
they removed to.
It is most probable the John Alston who died in Fair-
field Disk, S.C., about 1790, was the eldest son. The
other children went to Telfair Co., Ga., and from there to
Alabama and Mississippi.
38 William Harris = Mary Drew Carroll nee
Alston ; 3 children, viz.: I. William Gindrat.
II. Mary = John H. Gindrat (s. p.) and III.
Sarah Smith Harris, who married March 20th,
1832, at Montgomery, Ala., to Albert James
Pickett, of North Carolina (the historian of Al-
abama). They had 12 children, viz.:
70 I. William Raiford, u. Ap. 2d, 1833, m. July
26th, 1859, Laura Holt of Montgomery,
Ala. (q. v.).
II. Mary Frances, b. Dec. 23, 1835, d. in infancy.
71 III. Martha Raiford, b. January 18th, 1837; m.
June 12th, 1855, to Col. Michael L.
Woods of Tennessee. She died Aug. 24,
1898 (q. v.).
and His Descendants. 143
IV. Corinne Albert, b. Feb. 15th, 1839, mar-
ried Dec. 14th, 1858, to Edward Booth
Randolph of Montgomery, and had one
child, Corinne Pickett, who m. Nov. 6th,
1889, to Loderick W. Dimick of Sheffield,
Ala., and died March 25th, 1890.
72 V. Mary Gindrat, and VI., Eliza Ward, twin
sisters, b. Apr. 29th, 1841 (q.v.). Mary
Gindrat m.Dec. 19th, 1861, Bishop Samuel
Smith Harris of P. E. Church, Michigan.
73. Eliza Ward m. Dec. 20th, 1859, Edwin A.
Banks.
VII. Sarah Julia, b. July 13th, 1843; m. July
74. 14th, 1863,to Robert Carter Randolph of
Greensboro, Ala. (q. v.).
VIII. Joseph Alston d. in infancy.
IX. Fannie Dickson d. in infancy.
75. X. Albert James b. Sep. 10th, 1850; m. Dec,
1876, to Eugenia Durden (q. v.).
76. XL Alston Harris, b. Nov. 1st, 1853; m. Feb.,
1877, to Elizabeth C. Jackson, (q. v.).
XII. John Gindrat Pickett, b. Sep. 26th, 1856,
and unm.
70 William Raiford Pickett = Laura Holt; 3 ch.,
viz.:
I. Mary Alston = Josiah Morris Davidson;
issue (1) William Pickett, (2) James
Armstrong, and (3) Florence J. David-
son.
II. Samuel Holt died in infancy, and III,
Albert James Pickett.
71 Col. Michael L. Woods = Martha Raiford
Pickett; 3 ch., viz.:
144 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
I. Albert Pickett Woods d. iu 1884.
II. Corinne Pickett, and III, Martha Harle.
Col. Michael L.Woods was placed in com-
mand of the 46th Alabama regt. May
20th, 1862; was captured at Baker's
creek, Miss., May 23d, 1863, and im-
prisoned at Johnson's Island, Lake
Erie, 19 months, being released Dec.
25th, 1864. Wm. J. Samford, the pres-
ent governor of Alabama, was appointed
sergeant-major of the same regiment
May 20th, 1862; was elected 1st lieu-
tenant Co. G July 11th, 1862; pro-
moted to rank of captain of that com-
pany in March, 1864.
72 Bishop Samuel Smith Harris = Mary Gin-
drat Pickett; 7 ch., viz. :
I. Eliza Pickett Harris died in infancy.
II. Sallie Pickett = Charles M. Gayley
aud have 1 ch., viz. : Mary Harris
Gayley.
III. Corinne Pickett d. in infancy.
IV. William Pickett Harris— Sara Ed-
mer McGraw, and have 1 ch., viz. :
William Pickett Harris.
V. Samuel Smith Harris.
VI. Joseph Buckner Harris d. at 12 yrs. of
age.
VII. Julian Hart well Harris.
73 Edwin A. Banks = Eliza Ward Pickett; 3 ch.,
viz.:
I. Mary Pickett Banks = Francis B.
Clark, Jr., of Mobile, Ala., and d.
1891. Her children were :
and His Descendants. 145
(1) Willis Gaylord Clark.
(2) Francis B. Clark.
(3.) Edward A. d, in infancy, and
(4.) Fairfax Clark.
II. Matilda Dnwus d. in infancy.
III. Richard Griffin Banks = Elizabeth Pat-
rick Hill man, and have cue child, Mary
Downs Banks.
74 Robert Carter Randolph = Sarah Julia Pick-
ett; 4 ch., viz.:
I. Jane Beverly Randolph = Herbert Paschal
Candler of Montgomery, on Nov. 20th,
1889, and have one child, Albert Randolph
Candler.
II. George Coster. III. Sarah Pickett — and
IV. Robert Carter Randolph.
15 Albert James Pickett = Eugenia Durden; 6 ch.,
viz.:
I. Charles Alston. II. William Gindrat.
III. Martha Durden. IV George Bibb.
V. Eugene Albert, VI. Sarah Harris Pickett.
76 Alston Harris Piokett= Elizabeth C. Jack-
son; 7 ch., viz.:
I. Fannie Jackson. II. Sarah Alberta.
III. Mary Ellen. IV. Walter Jackson.
V. Alston Harris. VI. Lizzie Banks,
and VII. Edna Hardaway.
3 (Pattie) Martha Alston— Me rone y.
Her will was dated Sept. 9th, 1814, Book 2, p. 93.
Probated Gates Co., Feb. Court, 1815.
Witnesses Edwin Ballard and Johu Granberry.
10 al
146 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
39 Devisees : Daughters, I. Elisabeth Barnes, issue
(q. v.).
II. Peggy (Margaret) = W.
W. Steadman.
40 III. Elisabeth=Robert Rid-
dick ; issue (q. v.).
YV. Nancy = Fergusson, (of
Suffolk in all proba-
bility.)
V. Rachel = Morgan and
probably has descend-
ants in Gates Co. Dr.
H. A. Morgan, of
Suffolk, and James
Morgan, of Gates, may
be of same family.
VI. Fanuy=Benton. Prob-
ably have descendants
in Gates Co.
41 VII. Cynthia=Jacob S. Pow~
ell ; issue (q. v. ) .
39 Elisabeth Barnes, Will Book 2, p. 246, dated
March 17th, 1824. Proved Feby. Court, 1826,
Execrs. Joseph Gordon and son, Joseph.
Devisees : I. Son, Joseph J. Barnes.
II. Daughter, Elisabeth Barnes.
III. Daughter, Martha P. Harvey.
4.0 Robert Riddick's holograph will, Book 3, p. 62;
dated June 27th, 1840. Proved Feby. Court 1845;.
son, James A. Riddick, executor.
Devisees: (1.) Wife Elisabeth.
(2.) Son, Henry, issue (q. v.).
(3.) Son, Benjamin F. Riddick.
and His Descendants. 147
(4.) Daughter, Emily McGwin.
(5.) David, (issue; see will.).
(6.) Louisa Hunter.
(7.) Son, Rev. James A. Riddick,
died 1899 at Petersburg, Va.,
aged 91 years.
Son Henry had issue; among others were Rev. Jos. H .
Riddick, of the Virginia Annual Conference, and Rev. C.
B. Riddick, D.D., of California. The three above men-
tioned clergymen were gentlemen of high character and
fine attainments.
Son, David's will, Book 3, p. Ill, was dated Sept.
2d, 1848, and proved May term 1849. Witnesses,
Nathaniel Doughtie and David F. Felton. Devi-
sees : Wife, Mary; son, Elbert H. Riddick, de-
ceased; his three sons, viz.:
William Henry Riddick,
Wilie Goodman Riddick £>nd
David Elbert Riddick.
Son, Wilie Riddick had one son, viz. :
C. O. Riddick, Esq., of Norfolk, Va.
4.1 Jacob S. Powell's will, Book 2, p. 134, dated Nov.
3, 1816. Proved November Court, 1816. Devisees:
Wife, Cynthia, and four children, viz. :
Gordon, Catherine and two others.
Wife, Charles W. Harvey, William W.
Steadman and Benj. Ballard, executors;
John Poison and Robert Powell, witnesses.
It is not known if the following Daniel Powell is the
brother or father of Jacob S. Powell.
Daniel Powell's will, Book 2, p. 250, was dated Aug.
27th, 1825, and proved Feb. Court, 1826. John Walton,
executor. Witnesses, Starkey Trotman and James Hinton.
148 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
Devisees : Son, Kedar. dau. Mary Powell.
Daughter, Christian Hofler. Son, Jacob.
Son, James. Daughter, Saliey.
4. William Alston, youngest son of Joseph John Alston
aud Elisabeth Chancy, his first wife, was County
Clerk of Chatham Co. from May 1774, to August
1776. His wili is there on record dated Aug. 2d,
1789. His executors were
Joseph John Alston (Chatham Jack),
Ann Hunt Alston,
Wyllis Alston, (Congress Willis).
In his will he leaves his daughters, Ann Alston and Mary
Ann Alston, in charge of Ann Hunt Alston.
He married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Yeargau, who
willed property to his grandsou, Samuel Yeargau Alston.
Their children were :
76 I. John Joseph, for whom a special legacy was
left ; issue (q. v.).
II. William Chancy Alston, d. s. p.
III. Samuel Yeargan Alston, died young.
IV. Oroondates (Orin) Alston = — Medley and left
no issue.
V. Mary Ann Alston= — Rives and had issue :
1. William Hives. 5. Nancy Rives.
2. Robert Rives. 6. Patsy (Martha) Rives.
3. Joseph Rives. 7. Mary Rives.
4. James Rives. /
VI. Nancy (Ann) Alston = Robert Palmer. No
record of the above named children.
76 John Joseph Alston =Betsy Jones, dau. of
Nathaniel Jones, of White Plains, and had issue :
I. Nancy Alston— Dr. John DeGraaffenreidt,
and had one son and one daughter.
and His Descendants. 149
1. John DeGraaffenreidt who married
Delia, dau. of John Jones Alston=
Adeline Williams, (q. v.).
2. Parmelee DeGraaffenreidt who married
Joseph John Alstou the 3d. s. p.
II. Mary Ann Alston=Dr. Thomas DeGraaffenreidt,
and had one son who d. s. p.
After the death of Dr. Thomas DeGraaffenreidt,
she married James Taylor, and had one dau. Ann
Elisabeth who died unm., and one son, Joe Taylor,
who married Anna Alston, dau. of John Jones
Alston.
o Col. Willis Alston, the eldest child of Joseph John
Alston by his 2d wife Euphan Wilson, was member
of Assembly at Halifax, April 4th, 1776 and ap-
pointed Colonel of Halifax district. He was also a mem-
ber of the Constitutional Convention at Halifax, Nov. 12th,
1776. He married Elisabeth Wright, whose sister, Esther
Wright, afterwards married Col. Joseph John, son of John
Alston = Ann Hunt Macon. Their issue were four sons and
three daughters, viz.:
42 I. Joseph John, (General Jack) Alston, died April
1st., 1831 = Margaret B. Thomas who died
June 9th, 1866, issue (q. v.).
43 II. James Wright Alston= Temperance Thomas,
sister of Margaret B. Thomas, (q. v.). These
sisters were granddaughters of Mrs. Nancy
Hathaway.
44 III. Henry Alston— Long, of Halifax, and
their children went to Georgia and the west.
fq. v.).
45 IV. Thomas Alston— Chambliss, (q. v.).
He went to Autauga Co., Ala., where he died.
46 V. Jane Alstou =Littleberry Wilcox, issue (q. v.).
150 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
VI. Fannie Alston, twin sister of Jane Wilcox, mar-
ried Robert Wood Hamlin, (father of Dr.
William Hamlin, of Halifax, who married
Emeline Euphanie, dau. of Chatham Jack
Alston, also of a dau. Fannie, who married a
son of Judge Baker, of North Carolina, half-
uncle to wife of M. T. J. Alston), and their de-
scendants live near Columbus in Tennessee.
VII. Elisabeth Alston=Arthur Arrington, of Nash
Co., N. C.
Jf.2 Joseph John (General Jack) Alston— Marga-
ret B. Thomas, issue:
I. Dr. William Alston, lived at Weldon=Mary
Joyner, and left family of children which we
have been unable to trace.
II. Dr. James Wright Alston, b. April 18,
1818 ; d. April 18, 1892, (Raleigh); gradu-
ated at the University of Pennsylvania,
1839 or 1840; married Laura Cornelia
Terrell (still living). They had eight
children — two sons and six daughters.
One son and one daughter died in childhood.
The third and oldest living child lives in
Asheville, N. C, viz. :
1 . Edward Marion Alston=H anna
Thomas Lukens, of Hoopeston, Illi-
nois. Had one son who died in
infancy.
2. Annie Laura Alston = Charles H.
Burg en, of Oldfort, McDowell Co.,
N. C, and have two sons and two
daughters living and one daughter
dead.
3. Bessie Lulene=George M. McDowell,
and His Descendants. lol
of Asheville, N. C, and had two
daughters who died in infancy.
4. Sarah Margaret Alston=Chas.
E. Dennis, of Durham, N. C, and
have three daughters and one son.
5. Lucy Grissom Alston, unra.
III. Dr. Kemp Alston=Rettie , and went to
Jackson, Miss. He died Sept. 17, 1857.
No issue.
IV. Col. Thomas Peterson Alston=Sarah
Newell. He lived in Warren Co., and
died Nov. 3d, 1872, leaving five children,
viz.:
1. Helen James Alston, unm.
2. Mary Margaret=Sa muel K.
Clark, issue four children.
1. Minerva Clark. 2. Roberta
Clark. 3. Samuel M. Clark.
4. Buford Clark.
3. Major Blake Alston, b. Sept. 23d,
1860, married Emma James New-
some and have four children.
1. Ava Parham Alston. 2. Philip
Hunter Alston. 3. Jack McGee
Alston. 4. Kate Polk Alston.
4. Sarah Lemuel Alston= Sidney
Williams, issue :
1. Luther Williams and 2. Arline
Williams.
5. James Lindsay Alston, unm.
V. Blake B. Alston, d. April 25, 1858, s. p.
VI. Major W. Alston, d. July 10, 1852, s. p.
VII. Sallie N. Alston, d. in South Carolina.
She married Marion Sanders and lef
issue:
152 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
I. Elisabeth Jane Sanders.
II. Margaret Thomas Sanders.
III. William Alston Sanders. = Mary E.
Fraser, (q. v.).
IV. Mary. V. Epsey. VI. Helen.
VII. Eunice. VIII. Clara.
IX. Marion Sanders. X. Sarah X.
XI. Pauline. XII. James W. Sanders.
XIII. George Sanders. XIV. Elisabeth.
William Alston Sanders=Mary E. Fraser,
issue :
I. Sarah Elisabeth Sanders, d. in infancy.
II. Helen Leroy Sanders=T ho m as.
Lynch Alston, issue:
William Leroy Alston.
Helen Alston.
III. Marshall Fraser Sanders.
IV. Ella S. Sanders.
V. William S, Sanders.
VI. Emma Alston Sanders.
VII. Luther Irving Sanders.
VIII. Royall S. Sanders.
VIII. Eliza Ann Alston, d. in South Carolina. She
'mat-ried William Boddie, of Nash Co., and
left children.
IX. Margaret T. Alston = Ben Lavender, of
Washington, X. C, issue :
1. Alston Lavender and 2. Mrs. Florence
Curtin. Florence Lavender m. 1st.,
Wm. Tule, and 2d she married Cur-
tin. She has one son, Dockery Tule
who m. Kate Pippin, Washington.
D. C.
and His Descendants. 153
X. Caroline Alston d. in Halifax Co. She mar-
ried John Murphy and left no children.
XL Lucy Alston =Nat Green, of Warren Co., and
weut to Tennessee. She cl. June 30, 1879*
4$ James Wright Alston = Temperance Thomas.
47 Issue: I. Willis Alston = Mary Gordon of
Louisiana. He died 12 years ago in
Leesburg, Fla., over 70 years of age;
11 children (a. v.).
II. Spencer Alston=Mrs. David Sills of
Nash Co., who had 3 daughters by
her first marriage. He died in DeSota
parish, La., Sep., 1859, leaving one son.
48 III. Dr. John IT. Alston = Virginia Rebecca
Sills, step-dau. of his brother Spencer.
They lived near Starksville, Miss. ; 7
children (q.v.).
49 IV. Julia Alston — Dr. Samuel Norton of
Montgomery, Ala. She married in Hal-
ifax about 1838 and died in 1872; had
numerous children (q. v.).
50 V. Col. Micajah Thomas Joseph Alston b.
Feb. 4th, 1818, d. Aug. 21, 18(35; was
colonel of the Home Guards, C. S. A.,
during the war. He married Nov. 14th,
1839, Martha Elizabeth Allen, dau. of
Daniel B. and Lucretia Allen ; issue (g. v.).
24 VI. Martha T. Alston^ 1st Dr. Shell and
had one son (q. v.). 2d, she married
Rev. Thomas Wilcox and had issue
(q. v.).
VII. Nancy Alston = John Sanders of South
Carolina ; issue:
1. Virginia Sanders = Baxter.
154 Joseph John Alston — 1666-1719 —
2. John Sanders was killed in Virginia
in 1861 in C. S. A.
3. Napoleon Sauders was killed at
Richmond during the war.
4. and 5 were twin sisters; they live in
Sumpter Co., S. C.
4.7 Willis Alston=Mary Gordon. Issue:
I. Gordon Alston= Spier of Columbus,
Miss.
II. Ella Alston = Allen of Kosciusko,
Miss., and left 2 children.
III. Laura Alston=Ed. Perkins and have one
daughter, Mrs. Mathewson of Leesburg,
Fla.
IV. James Alstou=Miss Mathewson of Noxubee
Co., Miss.
V-VI. Edward and Charles Alston live near Ma-
con, Miss.
VII. Fannie Alston = Perkins and died
soon after.
VIII. Clara Alston = Perkins and live in
Clarkesville, Tex.
IX. Willis Alston killed in r. r. accident soon
after the war; two children, died in in-
iancy.
48 Dr. John H. Alston = Virginia Rebecca Sills.
Issue :
I. John Alston, b. Nov. 17th, 1845; has
been a resident of Mobile for 30 years,
located at 323 Spring Hill avenue ; mar-
ried and has issue:
1. Alma Alston. 3. Gray Alston.
2. Muse Alston. 4, Virginia Alston.
and His Descendants. 155
II. Theodore Adolphus, b. Feb. 29th, 1848, d.
Nov. 7th, 1894.
III. Geay Sills Alston, b. Dec. 4th, 1849;
issue 9 children :
1. Lillian Alston. 6. Joseph Alston.
2. Robert Alston. 7. Harry Alston.
3. Musa Alston. 8. Pressley Alston.
4. John Alston. 9. Parke Alston.
5. Wallace Alston.
They live in Starkville, Miss.
IV. Spencer Hinton Alston, b. Feb. 22d, 1852,
Woodburn, Miss., and left two sons, viz.:
Dr. Alexander G. Alston, Leake county,
Miss., and Geo. Dallas Alston, who left
one sou, Paul W. Alston.
V. Willie Willis Alston, b. Dec, 1854, d. Ap.
28th, 1897.
VI. Bragg Alston, b. April 1st, 1861, Starks-
ville, M'ss.
VII. Bessie Lee Alston, b. March 23d, 1864;
married 1885, to McCreight and have
issue :
1. Clyde McCreight.
2. Lucile McCreight.
3. Walter McCreight,
4.9 Dr Samuel Edwin Norton= Julia Justina Alston
of Halifax county, N. C. ; b. Jan. 16th, 1821 ; d.
1872; married 1838; 11 ch., viz.:
1 I. Julia Reese Norton, b. Sep. 22d, 1840, in
South Carolina. = Capt. Charles Wash-
ington Norton ; issue 6 ch. (q. v.).
II. Samuel Edwin Norton, Jr., b. May 8th,
1842, in South Carolina.= Janie Burch ;
156 Joseph John Alston — 1673-1758 —
issue Augustus Hudson Norton, b.
Deo. 26, 1869.
III. James Hudson Norton, b. Sep. 6, 1844,
in South Carolina, ra. Allte L. Green-
wood' in Montgomery ; issue, 3 sons?
viz. :
1. Eldridge Greenwood Norton, b.
Nov., 1873.
2. James Hudson Norton, Jr., b-
Jan., 1876.
3. Joseph Bibb Norton died in in-
fancy.
IV. John Alston Norton, b. Oct. 19, 1846.
m. Leonora Greenwood in Mont-
gomery ; issue, 4 children, viz.:
1. Carrie Louise, b. Oct. 15, 1870;
d. unm.
2. Grace, b. June, 1873.
3. John Alston Norton, b. Nov. 1st,
1875.
4. IdaSewall, b. 1877.
V. Walter Elliot Norton, d. in childhood.
VI. Katherine Norton, b. in Montgomery,
1850, d. 1873, unm.
VII. Mary Ellen Norton, b. Feb. 28, 1853,
in Montgomery = George Honour
Beckman of Charleston, S. C, 85 Smith
St.; issue, 5 children :
1. Ida, d. iu childhood.
2. Julia Reese Beckman, b. 1876, in
Charleston.
3. George. 4. John, and 5 Pelzer, all
b. in Charleston.
VIII. Ida Deming Norton, b. March 4, 1855,
in Montgomery, Ala., = James Will-
and His Descendants. 157
liam McGuire, 147 Rose Park, Ma-
con, Ga, Issue, Anne Alston McGuire.
IX. Charles Willis Norton, b. 1857, d. 1888,
mini,
X. Annie Maud Noeton, b. Jan. 26, 1862,
in Montgomery = Col. J. G. Bat-
telee, Feb. 10, 1881, of Memphis,
Tenn. Issue: Gordon Battelle, b. Aug.
10, 1883, in Covington, Ky.
XI. Leila Honour Norton, b. June 27, 1862,
in Montgomery = Robert Lee Honour
of Charleston, S. C, 37 Vanderhorst
St. (s. p.).
1 Julia Reese Norton = Capt. Charles Washing-
ton Norton. Six ch., viz. :
1. Martha Lee, b. Jan. 8, 1865, in Mont'y; unm.
2. Julia Alston, b. Feb. 27, 1868, iu Mont.; unm.
3. Ruth Norton, b. Oct. 31, 1870 = George W.
Jones ; issue, Roger Alston Jones.
4. Mary Hudson Norton, b. Sep. 11, 1873.
5. Charles Edwin Norton, b. June 28, 1876.
6. Harry Walter Norton, b. Oct, 1, 1878.
SO Micajah Thomas Joseph Alston = Martha Eliz-
abeth Allen. Issue :
I. Temperance Alston, b. Feb. 14, 1841, in
North Carolina.
II. Emma Alston, b. Jan. 15, 1842, in North
Carolina; married Nov. 14, 1866, to Sam-
uel Beekwith of Augusta, Ga., and has 1
son, born March 17, 1870.
III. Spencer Alston, b. June 19, 1843, in North
Carolina ; Druggist in Marshall, Tex.
158 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780 —
IV. Christopher Alston, b. Aug. 21, 1845,
in Noxubee county, Miss. Married Aug.
20, 1878, to Lucie Gooch. Issue :
1. Mattie Lee Alston, b. July 20, 1881.
2. Claude Alston, b. Oct, 20, 1886.
3. Ruby Alston, b. Juue 9, 1891.
He is engaged iu the cottou business; was
a private in Co. I, 27th La. Reg.,
C. S. A. His brother Spencer was also
in the same command, and wounded iu
the arm. They were in Vicksburg
during the siege.
V. Joseph D. Alston, b. Nov. 19, 1848, in Dallas
Co., Ala., and d. Aug. 29, 18; v 6; married July
14, 1872, to Eliza Talley, issue:
1. Spencer A. Alston, b. Dec. 29, 1877, at
Shreveport,
2. Jossie Alston, b. Aug. 7, 1879, at Shreve-
port.
3. Mary Ella Alston, b. July 30, 1881, at
Fulton, Ark.
4. Joe Atlee Alston, b. March 12, 1883, at
Shreveport.
VI. James Alston, b. July 20, 1850, at Mansfield,
La., and married Feb. 9, 1880, to Belle
Wright. Three children.
1. Ella Alston. 2. Floyd Alston, b. 1888.
3. Gladys Alston, b. 1895.
James is a druggist, but now engaged in mining
in Arizona.
VII. Ella Alston, b. Sept. 21, 1853, at Mansfield, La.,
and d. Sept. 20, 1884.
VIIL Willis C. Alston, b. April 6, 1855, at Shreve-
port, married Nov. 10, 1893, at Durant, Miss.,
and His Descendants. 159
to Annie Gooch; issue one son, Alfred C.
Alston, b. Nov. 5, 1895.
Willis C Alston is in the cotton business.
IX. Jessie Faulcon Alston, b. Feb. 14, }857, at
Shreveport; died in infancy.
X. Adelaide Alston, b, Aug. 21, 1859, at Shreveport;
died in infancy.
24- Dr. Shell— Martha Temperance Alston; issue one son,
viz :
I. Oliver Perry Shell=lst, Amaryllis Alston Daniel;
no issue, and his 2d. wife was Mary Trumbull, of
Warrenton, and had 7 children, viz. :
1. Pnttie ShelJ = Neander Perkinson. 7 ch., viz. :
1. George Levi Perkinson.
2. Mary Alice.
3. Pattie Shell.
4. ("Laura
twins 1 and
5. l^Luey.
6. Ruth.
7. Otis Judson Perkinson.
2. Oliver Perry Shell, Jr.=Mattie Bell Macon,
(dan. ot Gid Hunt Macon, Jr.= Lou Jenkins.)
4 ch., viz. :
1. Lula Macon. 2. Mary Olive.
3. Sarah Elisabeth. 4. Fanny Parker Shell.
3. Otis Prentiss Shell =Callie Avery, and have one
son, viz.: William Oliver Shell.
4. Willis Alston Shell.
5. Mary Lou Shell.
6. Laura Maclin Shell.
7. Fabius Busbee Shell.
Martha T. Alston by 2d husband, Rev. Thomas Wil-
cox, son of Jane Alston =Littleberry Willis Wil-
coX, (g. v.), issue, viz. :
160 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
II. Rev. Alfred G. Wilcox, Brinkleyville, Halifax,
Co., N. C.
III. Mrs. John Allen, Louisburg, Franklin Co., N. C.
IV. LauraWilcox= Arthur L. J. Alston, her cousin,
(son of Henry Alston= Long, of Halifax)
and lives at Jacksou, Tenn. Have issue, Lee
Alston and Blanche Alston.
44. Henry Alston=Mlss Long, of Halifax.
I. Eliza Alston.
II. Euphan Wilson Alston.
III. James Alston.
IV. Willis, died in iufancy.
V. Willis Alston the 2d, d. in California.
VI. Henry Alston.
VII. Matthew C. W. Alston.
VIII. Charles B. Alston.
IX. Dr. Thomas M. Alston, lived near Dahlonega.
X. Andrew Alston.
XL Arthur L. J. Alston= his cousin, Laura Wilcox.
It is to be regretted that the records of this
large family could not be completed.
4.5 Thomas Alston m. Chambliss; issue, 1 son.
Thomas Alston who moved to Wilcox Co., where
he married Mary Crura, who bore him:
I. John Henry Alston=Sallie Moorer, and
have three children.
II. Caddie Alston— Henry Godwin, and have
twelve children.
III. Mollie Alston— Robert Godwin, and have
nine children.
IV. Viola Alston = James McCrary, and have four
children.
V. Minnie Alston= Andrew Lovett, and have six
children.
and His Descendants. 161
VI. Mattie Alston=Snowden Bender, and have
two children.
If.6 Jane Alston=Littleberry Willis Wilcox;
issue :
I. Dr. Micajah L. B. Wilcox married in Halifax
Co., N. C.
21 II. Rev. Thomas Wilcox= Martha T. Alston (his
cousin) for issue (q. v.).
III. Robert Wilcox died in 1850, at Mansfield, La.
His descendants live in Arkadelphia.
IV. James Wright Wilcox=Margaret Mosely,
of Ala., and d. in 1870, at Mansfield, La.,
leaving two daughters and four sons in DeSoto
Parish.
V. Hannah, died in North Carolina.
VI. Betsey Wilcox=Joe Green Alston (a cousin),
of North Carolina.
VII. Susan Wilcox =Con Tom Watts, of North
Carolina, and died a few years back in Barnes,
La., at her daughter's. Issue :
1. Tom Watts. 2. Mrs. Walker. 3. Mrs.
Neeley, who resides in St. Louis. 4. Mrs.
David DeMoss, of Barnes, La., is the mother
of triplets, ten or twelve years old. 5. A son,
died at Delhi, La., where his widowstill lives.
6 Henry (Harry) Alston, the 2d. son of Joseph John
Alston and Euphan Wilson, his second wife,
lived in Warren Co., upon a tract of 4,000 acres
of land which his father bought of Solomon Alston
Jr., and left to him.
He married Sarah Hill, also of Warren Co., at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. Martha Hill, in Frank-
lin County. Issue, 3 children.
11 al
162 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
(This Henry Alston is to be distinguished from
another one of the same name and who was the son
of Solomon, Jr., and likewise married a Sarah Hill
and had three children.)
51 I. Sarah Mason Alston, born at Shocco Springs,
N. C, about 1789, on the 20th Dec., and died in
Demopolis, Ala., 21st. Feb'y., 1864. She mar-
ried on Dec. 7, 1809, to Robert Rivers Har-
well, (born 1788 and died 1833) of Virginia,
but who was living in North Carolina at time of
marriage. Issue (q. v.).
52 II. Elisabeth Thomas Wade Alston, also born
in Warren Co., died at Jackson, Clarke Co.,.
Ala., Feb. 2, 1819. She married Ishmael
Pettway Harwell, brother of Robert Rivers
Harwell. Issue (q. v.).
III. Thomas Alston, born in Warren Co. There is no
record of his birth or death. He was the only
son and was called Maj. Tom Alston.
SI Robert Rivers Harwell= Sarah Mason Alston;.
9 ch., viz. :
I. Emily T. Harwell, b. Oct. 31st, 1810, in Hali-
fax, N. C; unm.
53 II. Mark W., b. July 24, 1812, in Mississippi Ter-
ritory, (Clarke Co,. Ala. )= 1st. Sarah Olivia
Howze. 2d. Mary Lyons. Issue (q. v.).
III. Harriet H., b. Nov. 17, 1814; d. 1848=Judge
Wm. J. Alston, (q. v.) .
54 IV. Evalina Thomas, b. Feb. 15, 1817; d. Sept. 13,
1894= John W. Henley ; issue (q. v.).
V. Edward Jones, b. 1819; m. 1839, to Maria
Matheson and killed within a year afterwards.
55 VI. Robert Rivers, Jr., b. 1822; m. 1844, to Mary
O. Barnes and lives in Louisiana. Issue (q. v.)..
and His Descendants. 163
56 VII. Sarah Elisabeth, b. 1824; m.1846; John Bachman
Lee, and lives in Louisiana at Keatchi, issue
(q. v.).
VIII. Thomas Hill Alston Harwell, b. 1827; d. in
childhood.
57 IX. Ishmael Stirling, b. 1829; d. Oct. 1892; m. 1853
to Mary Evelyn Vaughan. Issue : (q. v.).
52 Ishmael Pettway Harwell= Elisabeth Thomas
Wade Alston; 4 oh., viz. :
I. Sallie Thomas Harwell, b. Nov. 1, 1814;
d. May 12, 1852, at Demopolis. She mar-
ried April 26, 1832, to Benj. Glover
Shields, who had served as member of
Congress from Mobile district and after-
wards sent as minister to Venezuela under
Mr. Polk's administration. They had two
children, viz. :
(1). Harriett Evelina Shields, b. Sept. 24,
1836; d. early in life.
(2). Samuel Robert Shields, b. Nov.
2, 1837, and died in Galveston
about 1862-3, while serviug in
Confederate Army as 1st. lieu-
tenant.
II. Thomas Alston Harwell, b. May 25, 1816;
d. 1828.
III. Ishmael Gaius Dean Harwell, b. Oct, 31,
1817; d. s. p.
IV. Infant b. 1819 ; d. in infancy.
53 Mark W. Harwell = 1st Sarah Olivia Howze ;
issue 1 son.
2d Mary Lyons; issue, 3 children:
He was a soldier in the Seminole war, but on ac-
164 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
count of his age and bad health did not enlist in
the Canfederate army, although he was true to the
Confederacy. His children were :
I. Edwaed James Harwell, b. 1844. He
served nearly 4 years in the Confederate
army. He married Elizabeth Boykin
Witherspoon ; b. 1844, and had 3 chil-
dren, viz.:
(1) Elizabeth Edwards Harwell, b. 1869.
(3) Jane Witherspoon Harwell, b. 1878.
(2) Sarah Olivia Harwell, b. 1872;
married Lorraix Screven Fri-
erson and has 2 ch., viz. : Bessie
Harwell Frierson, born 1891, and
George Archer Frierson, born
1894.
II. Mark W. Harwell, Jr., b. 1852— Willie
DeGraffexreid, and have 2 ch., viz. :
(1) Vernon Harwell and (2) Sarah Har-
well.
III. Sarah Olivia Harwell, b. 1855 =
Thomas Gaither, and have 2 ch., viz. :
(1) Mark Harwell Gaither and (2) Ethel
Gaither.
IV. Mary Glover Harwell, b. 1858 = Thomas
Wilson ; issue 3 ch., viz. : (1) Anne Wil-
son. (2) Thomas Wilson. (3) Frank
Wilson.
54 John Woodson Henley, b. Oct. 16th, 1811, in Frank-
lin Co., N, C, and died in Demopolis, Ala., Ap. 27,
1853. He married in Clarke Co., Ala., Feb. 18th,
1840, to Evelina Thomas Harwell. They had 7
children, viz.:
and His Descendants. 165
58 I. Alice, b. Feb. 28th, 1841 ; died Aug. 12th,
1894 ; married May 5th, 1861, to George Fred-
erick Glover ; issue (q. v.).
II. Robert Harwell, b. Jan. 20th, 1843; died Ap.
22d, 1873 ; m. May 22d, 1866, iu Selma, to
Amelia Peters. He was a lawyer by profes-
sion and had 2 childreu, viz. :
(1) Evelina Harwell Henley; d. in infancy.
(2) Tom Peters Henley, b. March 29th,
1872; unm.
Wallace C. Butler of St. Louis, Mo., married Oct. 10th >
1866, to:
59 III. Evelina Harwell Henly, b. Dec. 12th, 1844, and
died May, 1893, in Montana. Issue (q. v.).
IV. John Woodson Henly, Jr., b. Dec. 20th, 1846.
Lawyer unm. ; was killed Jan. 4th, 1868.
GO V. Dr. Albert Thomas Henley, b. Nov. 29th, 1848;
m. Nov. 27th, 1872, to Nannie Randolph
Tayloe. They live in Birmingham; issue
(q. v.)
VI. Sarah Elizabeth Henley, b. Ap. 20th, 1850 ;
married 1st, Sep. 27th, 1870, to Frank G.
Lyon, and 2d, to Judge Samuel G. Woolf of
Marengo, Co. They have no children and
their home is in Demopolis.
VII. Grace Alston Henley, b. July 20th, 1852. She
lives in Demopolis, and is engaged in
teaching.
58 George Frederick Glover= Alice Henley; 3 children,
viz. :
I. Mary Diven Glover, b. March 29th, 1865;
unm., Demopolis.
II. Evelina Henly Glover, b. Dec, 1868 =
Rev. William D. Spurlin of Camden, Ala.,
v
166 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780—
and lives at Gloster, Miss. They have 4
children.
III. Georgia Glover, b. May 17th, 1871; m.
Henry W. Hayden and lives in Demop-
olis ; no issue.
59 Wallace C. Butler= Evelina Harwell Henley; 4 chil-
dren, viz. :
I. Evelina Henly Butler, b. Sep. 10th, 1867;
m. Dr. Casey Witherspoon and lives in
St. Louis.
II. Grace Butler, d. when young.
III. Wallace C. Butler, Jr., b. March 17th,
1873, in Montana.
IV. Sadie Lyon Butler, b. 1882.
60 Dr. Albert Thomas Henley =Nannie Randolph Tayloe ;
3 ch., viz.:
I. William Tayloe Henley, b. Sep. 8th, 1873;
d. Apr. 4th, 1884.
II. John Woodson Henley, b. Sep. 16th, 1876.
Has graduated at the University of Ala-
bama with the degree of A.B. He lives
with his father in Birmingham.
III. Son who died in infancy.
55 Robert Rivers Harwell =Mary O. Barnes; 3 ch., viz.:
I. Mark W. Harwell, d. s. p.
II. Olivia Harwell, d. unm.
III. Samuel Thomas Harwell, unm.
Robert Rivers Harwell served in the Con-
federate army.
56 John Bachman Lee=Sarah Elizabeth Harwell ; 8 ch.,
viz.:
and His Descendants. 167
I. Sarah Harwell Lee=Jacob J. Hollins-
worth ; 6 ch., viz.:
(1) Lee Hollingsworth, d.
(2) Jacob J. Hollingsworth.
(3) Lindsay Hollingsworth = Buen a
Wells, and have one daughter.
(4) Sarah and (5) Elizabeth, twins.
(6) James Madison Hollingsworth=
Fairy Birch, and have 1 child.
II. Jacob Martin Lee m. Emma Rochelle ;
6 ch., viz. :
1. Eveline Lee ; 2. Rugeby Lee ; 3.
Virginia Lee ; 4. Harwell Lee ; 5.
J. Bachman Lee, and 6. Martin Lee.
III. Harwell Lee m. Anna Chance ; 2 ch.,
viz.: 1. Elizabeth Lee and 2. Anne Lee.
IV. Evelina Lee d. unm.
V. Mary Morris Lee m. James McHenrv
Nabors ; 6 ch., viz.: 1. Emma Nabors,
2. James Nabors ; 3. J. Bachman Na-
bors ; 4. J. McHenry Nabors ; 5. Susan ;
6. Morris.
VI. Virginia Lestrappes Lee m. James
Greer; 5 ch., viz.: 1. Lillian Lee
Greer; 2. Genevieve Greer ; 3. Louisa
Greer; 4. James Greer ; 5. J. Bachman
Greer.
VII. Lillian Lee m. Richard H. Spell; 3
ch., viz. : 1. Robert Edwards Spell ;
2. Coralie Spell ; 3. Sarah Elizabeth
Spell.
VIII. John Bachman Lee, Jr., m. Etta Lee
Jenkins; 3 ch., viz.: 1. Norma Lee;
2. B. Frank Lee ; 3. John Bachman
Lee.
168 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
57 Ishmael Stirling Harwell, b. March 27, 1829, cL
Aug. 21, 1893; m. June 15, 1853, to Mary Eve-
leen Vaughan, daughter of Dr. Alfred Goode
Vaughan and Mary Ophelia (Walton) his wife.
I. S. Harwell entered the Confederate service in 1862,
as sergeant in Co. A, 43d Ala. Reg. (Col. Moody) Gen'l.
Grade's brigade. He was twice wounded, first at Jones-
boro and then badly at Chickamauga in his leg, from which
he never recovered. He was transferred to the 38th Reg.
(Col. Langford) in Grade's brigade, where he was
appointed adjutant to General Grade, and served to the end
of the war. His name was on the bulletin for bravery and
good service. Issue 5 children.
I. Eveleen Harwell, d. unm.
II. Mary Walton Harwell, d. unm.
III. Alfred Vaughan Harwell, d. s. p.
IV. Sallie Alston Harwell m Dr. A. C. Thomas, of
Rembert, Ala. Issue :
1. Alfred Harwell Thomas.
2. John Thomas.
3. Sarah Alston Thomas.
V. Robert Henley Thomas, just 21, joined the 2d Ala.
Vol. in April 1898, while at college, and has
been in service ever since (Oct. 1898).
Children of Reuben Vaughan*= Alice Goode Watkins.
I. Evelina E., b. 1799; married Dr. Luke White, of
Petersburg, Va.
* From Records of the Goode Family : — Reuben Vaughan was
captain in the Provincial Army, and his commission was signed
by Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia, Oct. 29, 1776. His son, Reu-
ben Vaughan, of Lunenburg Co., Va., was married in 179S to Alice
Goode Watkins, (dau. of Samuel Watkins=Elisabeth Goode), born
in Nottaway Co. Va., and died in Marengo Co., Ala., June 9, 1885.
Elisabeth Goode was the daughter of Bennet Goode, of Powhat
and His Descendants. 169
II. Emily Garland m. Robert V. Montague.
III. Martha Jefferson m. William A. Gasquet, of New
Orleans.
IV. Virginia m. Albert J. Kidd.
V. Alice Goode, born 1825, m. Henry Duggar.
VI. Susan Vaughan died unm.
VII. Dr. Alfred Goode Vaughn born about 1799-1800,
m. Mary Octavia Walton. They both died in
Marengo Co., Ala., where they had resided for
many years. Their children were :
I. Mary, who m. Ishmael Stirling Harwelt ,
(q. v. for issue.).
II. Henry Clay died young.
III. Ada B. m. Hon. James T. Jones, M. C.
IV. Susan A. m. Rev. H. A. M. Henderson, of
Kentucky.
V. Plutarch. VI. Theodosia. VII. Tacitus.
VIII. Robert,
IX. Ida m. George Michael.
X. Cecilia m. J. Martin.
VIII. Dr. Samuel Watkius Vaughau, of Summerfield,
Ala., was born Dec. 31, 1800, and died in Selma,
Ala., Dec. 20, 1876. He studied medicine with
Dr. Luke White, of Petersburg, Va., received
his medical degree in Philadelphia, and after
spending several years in hospitals in New York
and Philadelphia, settled in Denmark, Tenn.
From thence he moved to Marengo Co., Ala., and
afterwards to Summerfield. He was 1st mar-
tan Co., who married in 1740 Martha Jefferson, of Osbornes, aunt
of Thomas Jefferson. Her husband, Samuel Watkins, of Peters-
burg, Va., was the son of Samuel and Susan (Hancock) "Watkins,
and brother of Henry "Watkins, the stepfather of Henry Clay,
of Kentucky.
170 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
ried to Martha Turner, of Raleigh, N. C, by
whom he had 11 children and 2d to Mrs.
Thyrza Jane Jones, (dau. of Judge William J.
Alston, of Marengo, Co., Ala.), who bore him 1
dau. and 1 son. Issue :
I. Evelyn died unm.
II. Samuel Watkins, Jr., lives at Hot Springs,
Arkansas.
III. Reuben m. and died in Louisiana.
IV. Dr. Frederick Barbie m. Pauline Smith and
their eldest dau. Evelyn m. John Court-
enay, son of Dr. Jos. A. Groves, and
Elizabeth Royall Robertson, his wife.
V. Paul Turner married Annie Gholson and
lives in Selma.
VI. Henry White d. s. p.
VII. Susan Alice married Rev. Robert Walker.
VIII. Virginia m. Dr. R. H. Hudson (of England),
ano! lived in Summerfield.
IX. David Alfred m. Susan Kennon.
X. Bettie unm.
XI. George Septimus m.
By second wife :
XII. Eva May Vaughan unm.
XIII. William Watkins Vaughn m. Helen
Maas.
7 John Cooper m. Euphan Wilson Alston in 1779.
Family tradition makes John Cooper's father to have
been a first cousin to Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, first
earl of Shaftesbury ; also that his brother James became a
priest of the Roman Catholic church. His mother's maiden
name was Sutherland. She was also the mother of
Commodore Dale, and as widow Dale married the father
of John Cooper. John Cooper himself was of a roving
and His Descendants. 171
spirit and took his family to France, where his sons and
daughters were educated. On his return to America with
three of his children, himself, wife and two children were
drowned on Charleston bar in 1810, the third child having
died and been buried atsea. Hiseldest son, JohnBatts, men-
tioned in his grandfather's will, was sent to France when
about 10 years old and educated under the care of General
Kilmaine at the court of Napoleon, became a naturalized
citizen and was a midshipman in the French navy. In
consequence of impaired health he resigned and returned
to this country. In the war of 1812 he served as pay-
master and commanded the troops in defence of Hampton,
Virginia. In 1803 he was married to Mary Ann Wray,
of Hampton, the daughter of George Ashton Wray, and
Diana Mallory, whose father, (Col.) Francis Mallory, was
a colonel of Virginia militia during the Revolution, and was
killed in a skirmish with the British uuder Col. Dundas, at
Tompkins' bridge, near Big Bethel, on March 8th, 1781.
George Ashton Wray was born June 4th^ 1762 and
died February, 1810. He was the eldest son of Jacob
Wray and Mary Ashton, of King George county, Vir-
ginia, who died December 9th, 1773. They were married
May 13th, 1761, and Jacob Wray died in 1800. He con-
tributed financial aid to the American cause during the
Revolution. Jacob Wray was the son of George Wray
and Helen Walker. George Wray was born in England
and lies buried in Hampton, Va., his tomb bearing the
coat of arms and the date, April 19th, 1758, aged Gl years.
He was the only son of George (d 1724) and Rachel
Wray, of Poplars, London, and in coming to this country
brought with him the coat of arms which is the same as
that which was borne by Sir Christopher Wray, who was
lord chief justice in the reign of Queeu Elizabeth ; viz.:
Azure on a chief argent, three martletts gules, Crest an
ostrich or. Motto " Et juste et verai"
172 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
Their children were, viz :
58 I. John Batte Cooper, born February 29th, 1780,
died in New Orleans, September, 1834, married
in 1803 to Mary Ann Wray, born March 1st,
1787; died 1852, (q. v).
II. Henry Batte Cooper = Miss Baptiste, of Vir-
ginia; no issue.
III. James Cooper, drowned on Charleston bar, 1810.
IV. Mary Cooper, born in Ireland 1st Chapper-
nell of French army; 2d husband unknown.
She died in France; no issue.
V. Susan Cooper, drowned on Charleston bar, 1810.
VI. Euphan Cooper, died on the voyage to this coun-
try, and buried at sea.
58 John Batte Cooper= Mary Ann Wray. Issue 11
ch., viz.:
I. Euphan died in infancy.
59 II. George, b. 1808, d. 1851= Eliza-
beth Cary of Virginia; 7 ch. (q. v.).
60 III. Euphan Wilson Alston, b. Feb, 8th,
1810; d. Dec, 20, 1891. = Will-
iam Phillips Bainbridge of Ken-
tucky, U. S. army; issue 7 ch. (q. v).
IV. Mary, b. 1812, d. 1891; unm.
V. Susan Ann Stith ; unm.
VI. Anna Mariar=John Cary of Vir-
ginia ; issue 2 daughters.
VII. John, d. in New Orleans of yellow
fever, contracted in Texan army.
A"III. James, and IX. Joseph, died in youth.
X. Charles Henry died of wound received
at Chancellorsville in C. S. army;
not married.
and His Descendants. 173
XI. Josephine John James, b. 1822 —
Everise Guzman of Louisiana.
59 George Cooper = Elizabeth Cary ; 7 ch., viz.:
I. Fannie ; II, Jane, unm.
III. John, IV George, and V. Lizzie; all married
in Louisiana.
VI. Letitia, num.
VII. Georgiana=Martin Guzman of Louisiana.
60 William Phillips Bainbridge= Euphan Wilson
Alston Cooper. William Phillips Bainbridge
was the son of Dr. Absalom Bainbridge (and Eliza-
beth Taylor) who was a cousin to Commodore
Bainbridge and descendant of the 5th generation
from Sir Arthur Bainbridge of Durham, England.
He was appointed (from Kentucky) a cadet at the
West Point Military Academy July 1st, 1820 ;
Brevet 2d Lieut, of 3d Artillery July 1st, 1824;
1st Lieut. May 30th, 1832; Captain March 19th,
1842 ; Brevet Major April 18th, 1847 for gallant
and meritorious conduct at the battle of Cerro
Gordo, Mexico. He also saw active service in the
Florida wars. He died Sep. 16th, 1850. His
children were, 7, viz.:
61 I. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19th, 1827;
m. Dec. 3d, 1846, to Joseph Jones
Reynolds of Kentucky, U. S. A. ;
issue (q. v.).
II. Edmund Cooper, b. March 29, 1898;
married 1866 to Aspasia Poulli-
ault of Louisiana, and have one
daughter, viz.: Maria Palmyr Eu-
phan Bainbridge, b. Sep., 1889.
III. William Phillips, b. April 2d, 1842,
unm.
174 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780 —
IV. Euphan, b. July 25th, 1843 ; unm.
62 V. Juliet Blanton, b. July 29th, 1845;
married July 29th, 1865, to Jules
Catliu Webber of Illinois, whose
ancestors came from Holland ; issue
(q. v.)
VI. Elisabeth Taylor, b. Juue 28th, 1848.
VII. Juliet, born Oct. 26th, 1850; mar-
ried Nov. 16th, 1868, to Charles
Edward Morse of Englaud ; b.
Jan. 16th, 1842 ; issue, viz. :
(1) Charles Bainbridge, b. Sep.
26th, 1869; d. Sep 11th,
1887.
(2) Ethel rjphan Mary, b. Oct.
23d, 1871.
(3) Maud Mary Bainbridge, b.
April 5th, 1874.
(4) Edith Reynolds, b. Oct. 23d,
1884.
(5) Edmund Cooper, b. March
14th, 1890.
61 Joseph Jones Reynolds= Mary Elisabeth Bain-
bridge. (Joseph Jones Reynolds was born in
Kentucky and appointed from Indiana, cadet U. S.
Military Acauemy 1st July, 1839.
Brevt. 2d Lieutenant 4th Artillery 1st July, 1843.
2d Lieutenant 3d Artillery 11th May, 1846.
1st Lieutenaut 3d Artillery, 3d March, 1847.
Resigned 28th Feb., 1857.
Colonel 26th Infantry 28th July, 1866.
Unassigned 15th March, 1869.
Assigned to 25th Infantry 8th Jan., 1870.
Transferred to 3d Cavalry 15th Dec, 1870.
and His Descendants. 175
Retired from active service for disability contracted
in line of duty June 25th, 1877.
Died Feb. 25th, 1899, at Washington, D. C.
He was breveted Brigadier-General U. S. Army
March 2d, 1867, for gallant and meritorious ser-
vices at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, and
Major-General U. S. Army, March 2d, 1867, for
gallant and meritorious services at the battle of
Mission Ridge.)
They had 5 children, viz. :
I. Sarah, b. Oct, 7th, 1847, and II. Bain-
bridge, b. Sep. 15th, 1849 ; unm.
63 III. Alfred, born Sep. 1st, 1853; married
April 28th, 1881, Louise S. Norton;
issue ((/. v.).
64 IV. Kate, born March 24th, 1859; married
• Dec. 12th, 1882, to Edward E.
Hayden, U. S. Navy ; issue (q. v.).
V. Euphan, born Nov. 4th, 1868 ; died
July 28th, 1869.
63 Alfred Reynolds =Louise S. Norton, 3 ch., viz.:
I. Ethel Barbour, b. April 26, 1883.
II. John Norton, b. Dec. 26, 1885.
III. Bainbridge, b. Oct. 30, 1891.
6 If. Edward E. Hayden =Kate Reynolds, 6 ch., viz. :
I. Reynolds, b. Sept. 30, 1883.
II. Herbert, b. Sept. 25, 1885.
III. William, b. Dec. 19, 1887 and d. July 23, 1889.
IV. Dorothy, b. March 5, 1892.
V. Alfred, b. April 4,1894.
VI. Mary Bainbridge, b. Oct. 28, 1895.
62 Jules Catlin Webber= Juliet Blanton Bain-
bridge, 2 ch., viz :
176 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780 —
I. Mary Reynolds, b. May 26, 1866. Married
Oct. 3, 1883, to Rev. Charles James Stoviu
Mayo, of the Protestant Episcopal Church
(son of John Campbell Mayo=Mary Lewis
Stovin), 3 ch., viz :
(1) Robert William Eainbridge Mayo, b.
Dec. 23, 1883.
(2) Edmund Cooper Mayo, b. Jan. 8, 1885.
(3) Lucy Stovin Mayo, b. July 12, 1886.
II. Juliet Laura, b. Feb. 11, 1871; married July,
1889, to Jessee L. DePriest, of Louisiana; 4
ch., viz. :
(1) Jessamine Blanton DePriest, b. March
5, 1991 ; d. July, 1891.
(2) Jules Webber DePriest.
(3) Annie Euphan DePriest.
(4) Mary Bainbridge DePriest.
8 Joseph John Alston (Chatham Jack)=MARTHA
Kearney, issue :
65 I. John Jones Alston, b. March 17, 1792; d.
1842. Married Adeline Williams, dau. of
Maj. Wm. Williams and 2d wife, Elisabeth
Kearney; issue (q. v.).
66 II. Elisabeth Kinchen Alston, b. Oct. 19, 1793;
m. March 18, 1813, to Samuel Spencer
Jackson, of Wadesboro, N. C; born March
10, 1789, and died in Pittsboro, N. C.,Dec.
14, 1856. He was a lay reader in the P. E.
Church, and gr. son of Judge Samuel Spen-
cer, who was Colonel in the Revolutionary
Army and bore a conspicuous part in the
history of North Carolinaduring that period.
67 III. Margaret W., b. Nov. 26, 1795; m. Car-
ney Cotton, of Chatham Co., N. C, who
was captain in the war of 1812. (q. v.).
and His Descendants. 177
IV. Martha A., b. Dec. 4, 1797; m. Jack Mebane,
Chatham Co.
V. George Washington Alston, b. Nov. 13, 1799.
VI. Nathaniel Macon Alston, b. Dec. 15, 1801; d.
June 2, 1856; m. Patsy K. Williams, gr. dan.
of Capt. Sol Williams and T e m p i e
Boddie, and dau. of Maj. Wm. Williams
and Elisabeth Kearney, s. p.
VII. Emiline Enphan, b. Jan. 8, 1804; m. Dr.
Wm. Hamlin, of Ashboro, N. C. 4ch.
68 VIII. Gideon Alston, b. Sept. 9, 1806; m. Evelyn
Alston, of Warren Co., dau. of Philip Gus-
ton Alston and Mary Williams Harris, his-
wife. (q. v.).
IX. Robt. Wm. P. Alston, b. Aug. 24, 1809; m.
Ann Maria Alston, of Warren, sister to his
brother Gid's wife; d. s. p. June, 1852.
69 X. Philip Kearney Dawson Alston, b. Dec. 25,
1811; d. 1852; m. Ann Harwell, of Halifax,
a ward of (Congress) Willis Alston, (q. v.).
XI. Joseph John Alston, b. Feb. 14, 1814; d. May
28, 1845; m. 1st. Parmelia DeGraeffenreidt,
2d. Decimus Palmer, d. s. p.
65 John Jones Alston= Adaline Williams. Issue:
I. John Jones Alston =Mary M. Clark, of Vir-
ginia, and have 3 children:
1. Mary Adaline (Mollie) Alston.
2. Robert P. (Bob) Alston.
3. J. W. Nathaniel Alston.
II. Elizabeth Kinchkn = 1st, Alston A. Jones,
son of Seth Jones = Sallie Alston and bore 5
children, viz. :
12 al
178 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
1. Blanch Jones, 4 John Jones,
2. Nat Macon Jones, 5 Seth Jones, in Texas.
3. Aurelia Jones — Johu Taylor.
Her 2d husband was John Gunter to whom
she bore 1 son, William Gunter.
III. William Williams Alston died unm.
IV. Delia Alston = John DeGraeffenreidt and
had 1 dau., Pattie DeGraeffenreidt, who
married Thomas Peay, of Durham, K. C:
and have 4 children, viz. :
1. Annie Peay, 3. Mamie Peay.
2. Ella Peay, 4. Lessie Peay.
V. Lavinia Alston = Rev. William Barringer,
and have issue :
1. John Alston Barringer.
2. Paul Barringer.
3. Victor Barringer.
4. Ella Barringer = Ogden.
5. Charles Barringer.
6. William Barringer.
VI. Anna Alston = Joe Taylor, whose mother,
Mary Alston, married 1st Dr. Thomas De-
Graeffenreidt, and 2d James Taylor, father of
Joe Taylor. (See Win. Alston — Sarah Year-
gan for issue.)
VII. Marina Tunstall Alston = Dr. John S. Mc-
Clenehan. Issue :
1. Pattie McClenehan= Ware.
2. William McClenehan.
3. Adaline Williams McClenehan =Thomas Cal-
vert.
4. James McClenehan=Minuie Rothrock.
VIII. Eugenia Alston = Benjamin R. Bryan, and
have issue, viz. :
and His Descendants. 179
1. Marina Bryan. 4. Elizabeth Bryan.
2. Benjamin Bryan (died young). 5. Elias Bryan.
3. Anna Bryan. 6. Aurelia Bryan.
IX. Nathaniel Macon ALSTON=lst Zilpha Hill,
who bore 1 child. He married 2d Rouina
Brodie and have issue :
1. Hattie Alston.
2. Lavinia Alston= Rice.
3. Charles Brodie Alston.
4. Nat Macon Alston.
5. Joseph T. Alston (died young.)
66 Elizabeth Kinchen Alston=Samuel Spencer
Jackson. Issue :
I. Emma Jackson, b. 1814.
70 II. Joseph John Jackson (Gan'l. J. J. Jackson), b.
March 22d, 1817, married Nov. 27th, 1849, to
Lucy Worth, daughter of Gov. Jonathan Worth.
She is a lady of fine attainments and artistic
ability, and is auut of Worth Bagley, the first
hero to fall in the Spanish-American war. On
the 27th Nov., 1899, their 50th wedding anni-
versary was celebrated in Pittsboro, of which a
very interesting account was given in the Chat-
ham Record. It was made the occasion of family
reunion, many congratulations and much enjoy-
ment. (For issue see elsewhere.)
III. Mary Jackson, b. Feb. 17th, 1824=lst Dr. Wil-
liam Hamlin, 2d Dr. Charles Alston Hamlin.
IV. Martha Kearney Jackson, b. 1820, d. 1887, unra.
V. Dr. Isaac Jackson lives in Columbus Co., N. C,
and practices medicine. He was born 1826,
and married, 1st Susan Worsham in 1850, and
2d Maggie Baldwin
180 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780—
VI. Fannie Wilson Jackson, b. March 18th, 1828. d.
May 15th, 1841.
"VII. Samuel Spencer Jackson, a lawyer of ability,
was born Sept. 6th, 1832, and died March
18th, 1875. He was married Dec. 25th, 1856,
to Elvira Worth, dau. of Gov. Jonathan
Worth. They had one son, Herbert Worth
Jackson, who married Annie Phillips, dau.
of Judge Fred Phillips, of Tarboro, N. C,
and reside in Raleigh. They have 1 dau. and
1 son, viz.:
1. Evelyn Hyman Jackson, b. July 12th,lS:>2.
2. Herbert Worth Jackson, Jr., b. Sept. 28th, 1897.
Mrs. Elvira Jackson again married and is now
Mrs. E. E. Moffitt and lives in Raleigh. She
also is a lady of marked artistic ability and at-
tainment.
VIII. Elisabeth Kinchen Jackson, b. Sept. 16th, 1834,
andd. June 18th, 1853.
IX. Dr. Hamilton Calhoun Jackson, born 1836, and
died July 15th, 1887, married Corinne Worth,
another dau. of Gov. Jonathan Worth. They
had one dau., Elisabeth Jackson, who m.
Haywood White, of Louisburg, and resides
in Raleigh, who has two children, viz.: Hay-
wood White, Jr., and Josephine White. Mrs.
Corinne Worth Jackson's 1st husband was Dr.
Roberts, of Edenton, N. C. By this marriage
she had one sou, Willie Roberts, of Wilming-
ton, N. C, who married Miss Dudley.
71 Joseph John Jackson =Lucy Worth. Issue:
12 I. Bettie Louise Jackson, b. Apr. 24th, 1853, m.
June 22d, 1875, to Henry Arm and London,
and His Descendants. 181
Esq., of Pittsboro, N. C. They have 7 children
(q. v.).
II. Carolina M. Jackson, unm.
III. Jonathan Worth Jackson= Saline Childress, of
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a niece of Mrs. James
K. Polk, and lives in Chicago.
73 IV. Lucy Murphy Jackson=John H. Currie, of
Fayetteville, N. C.,and have 8 children (q. v.).
V. Samuel Spencer Jackson also lives in Chicago.
72 Bettie Louise Jackson=Hexry Armand Lon-
don.
Mr. London is the editor of The Chatham
Record and a practicing attorney inPittsboro,N.C.
He is an uncompromising Democrat, and during
the campaign of 1900 canvassed the State in be-
half of the proposed constitutional amendments,
and his efforts contributed very materially to-
wards the successful issue. In the following
election he was chosen State Senator, and filled
the office of President of that body. He is a
lay-reader in the Episcopal church, and a promi-
nent and very useful member of the community
in which he lives. Of his ancestral lines the fol-
lowing is submitted :
His gr. father, John London, was private sec-
retary to Gov. Tryon, and afterwards secretary to
the Colony of North Carolina. His-gtrgg. ia-ther,
Sir Robert London, was knighted by Charles II.
for services rendered his father. Also the fol-
lowing lines, viz. :
William Swann (1585-1637), Swann's Point,
Va.=Judith Swann.
Col. Thomas Swann (b. 1616)=Sarah Cod.
182 Joseph John Alston — 1702-1780—
Hod. Samuel Swarm (1653-1707)=Elizabetb
Fendall, nee Lillington.
Samuel Swauu=Jane Jones, of Virginia.
Jean Swann=Frederick Jones (1st cousin).
Elisabeth Jones=Jobn Hill (2d husband).
Eliza Hill=William C. Lord.
Sal lie Lord = Henry A. London.
Henry Armand London, Jr. (born 1846)=Bet-
tie Louisa Jackson.
Issue :
I. Lucy Worth London, married Dec. 14th,
1898, to John Huske Anderson, of Fayette-
ville, N. C, a grandson of James Dobbin, Sec-
retary of the Navy under President Pierce.
II. Henry Mauger Loudon.
III. Sallie Lord London.
IV. John Jackson London.
V. Isaac Spencer London.
VI. Bettie Louise London.
VII. Cornelia R. London.
73 Lucy Murphy Jackson=John H. Currie. Issue :■
I. John Henry Currie died.
II. David Worth Currie.
III. Jackson Spencer Currie.
IV. Edward Smith Currie.
V. Lucy Worth Currie.
VI. Archibald Murphy Currie.
VII. Jonathan Elliot Currie.
VIII. Armand London Currie.
67 Captain Carney Cotton=Margaret Williams
Alston. Issue :
I. Elisabeth K. Cotton =Dr. Davis. Issue :
1. Ann Davis= Cooper.
and His Descendants. 183
2. William Davis, d. s. p.
3. Roderick Davis, d. s. p.
II. Margaret Cotton =Tom Long.
III. Emily Cotton = Crump. Issue:
1. Pattie Crump=Hamilton Long and their
dau. Mary= Heilig.
2. John Crump.
3. Oriana Crump= Williams.
IV. Carney Cotton = Adelaide Poe. Issue :
1. Paul Cotton, died young.
2. Ella Cotton =Middleton Williams. Issue:
1. Fred Williams — 2. Anna and Elsie.
68 Gideon Alston=Evelyn Alston. Issue :
I. Junius A. ALSTON=lst, Fannie Hamlin (dau.
of Dr. William and Emiline Hamlin), 3 ch.
m. 2, Ida Loyd, of Bladon county, N.
C, 5 ch., viz. :
1. Maria Alston = Joseph Fraser, of White-
ville, N. C, and removed to Georgia. She
died in 1890, leaving 3 small children.
2. Nellie Alston =Dr. J. H. Durham (den-
tist), of Wilmington, N. C. Issue : Nellie
and James Durham.
3. Victor Junius Alston died in infancy.
4. Robert Alston.
5. Junius Alston, Jr.
6. Loyd .
7. Lacy and
8 Lida (Eliza) Alston.
II. Joseph John Alston =Sue Hunt, 10 children,
viz. :
1. Sallie Bullock Alston. 6. Susan H Alston.
2. Junius Alston. 7. Emma.
3. Dr. James B. Alston. 8. Joseph Alston.
184 Joseph John Alston— 1702-1780.
4. Eveline. 9. John Gideon Al-
ston.
5. Fannie. 10. Maria Alston.
III. Sallie Alston, born Aug. loth, 1840, died Feb.
22d, 1862 ; married Roger Gregory, of Gran-
ville, N. C. Their only child, William Greg-
ory, died unm.
IV. Gideon Alston =Rebecca Lloyd.
69 Phillip Keaeney Dawson Alston=Ann Har-
well. Issue :
I. Norman Alstou=Sallie Watson, of Bertie Co.,
and their only child, Pattie, is unmarried.
II. Charles Alston died in the Confederate war.
III. Augustus Alston =Mollie Brodie, sister of
Macon Alston's wife. Issue :
1. Phillip Alston. 4. Helen.
2. Henry Alston. 5. Norman Alston.
3. Mary Moore. 6. Harwell Alston.
7. Lucy Alston.
They live in Chatham county.
Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston. 185
Copy of Solomon Alston's Will.
In the name of God, Amen. I, Solomon Alston, of the
County of Warren in the State of North Carolina, being
in health and sound memory, thanks be to Almighty God
for the same, do make this my last Will and Testament.
Principally and first of all I recommend my soul into the
hands of Almighty God that gave it me, trusting in and
through the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ to receive
full pardon and forgiveness of all my sins ; as for what
worldly goods it has pleased God to bestow on me, I give
and bequeath of it in the following manner.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son James Alston the
tract of land and plantation whereon I now live, the same
being purchased by me from "William Hurst by deed bear-
ing date the twentieth day of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-four, for six
hundred and forty four acres more or less out of which
tract I have formerly given to my son, Solomon Alston,
now deceased, two hundred acres more or less at the upper
end thereof according to the bounds already made by me
which said piece or tract of land and plantation, I do give
to my said son James Alston and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son James Alston
one piece or parcel of land, being sixty seven acres more
or less, lying and adjoining the land before bequeathed to
him on the south side thereof, the same being purchased
by me from William Hurst by deed bearing date the eigh-
teenth day of September in in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven Hundred and fifty six, and bounded for the
same as follows, and according to the courses mentioned in
the said deed which said sixty seven acres of land more or
186 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston
less I do give unto my said son James Alston and his heirs
and assigns forever.
Item. I do give and bequeath to my son James Alston
one piece or parcel of land containing two hundred and
thirteen acres be the same more or less lying north east of
the land I now live on, the same being purchased by me
from my son Solomon Alston now deceased by deed bear-
ing date the thirteenth day of July one thousand seven hun-
dred and sixty five and bounded for the same according to
the courses mentioned in the said deed, which said two
hundred and thirteen acres of laud more or less I do give
to my said son James Alston and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my said son James Alston
one piece or parcel of land out of the tract of twelve hun-
dred acres purchased by me of Joseph Montford Esqr. (be-
ginning for the same at a white oak my old
corner and running by my line south fifty degrees
east to a branch called Pitchers to a poplar, Isaac
Hunter's corner, thence on Isaac Hunter's line to
a red oak Corner thence north 70 degrees east 118
poles to the corner of three black oaks thence north 88 de-
grees east 224 poles to a poplar standing on the cabin
branch, No. 51 East 280 poles to the road, thence up the
road to the Lower Richneck next to where Robinson's path
turned out of said road, thence down the said branch to
McCulloch line, thence on McCulloch's line to the head of
the Great Branch, thence down the said Great Branch to
my corner, and from thence along my line to the beginning
which piece or parcel of land I give to my said son James
Alston and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Grand-son Solomon
Hunter, son of Isaac Hunter a piece or parcel of land out
of the tract of twelve hundred acres purchased by me
of Joseph Montford, Esq., beginning for the same,
to wit at the head of lower richneck, where my son James
and Their Descendants. 187
Alston's line leaves the road, thence keeping down the
road to where my line crosses the same, thence by my line
fifty one degrees east to a black oak corner, thence north
140 poles to a white oak, thence north 42 degrees west 58
poles to a Spanish oak in poor creek, thence up the creek
south 60 degrees west 46 poles to the mouth of Zacharies
branch, thence up the said branch north 70 degrees west to
the head of said branch, thence the same course continued
to McCulloch's line to a post oak 132 poles thence by his
line to James Alston's line, then up his line to the place of
beginning to him my grand son Solomon Hunter and his
heirs forever.
Item. It is my will and desire that if my son James
Alston should die without heir lawfully begotten out of
his body that all and every part of the land hereby given
to him descend and go to my son William Alston and to
his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha
Hunter, wife of Isaac Hunter, my negro woman Esther
with her future increase to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my grand son James
Alston Hunter one negro boy named Tom — born of the
body of the said Esther to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my grand son Jacob
Hunter one negro boy named Essex born of the body of
the said Esther to him and his heirs forever.
Item, it is my will and desire that what estate that I
have already put into the possession of my daughter Mary
Kimbrough together with five pounds, I now leave her to
be paid by my Executors hereinafter named be all the
estate I intend for my said daughter Mary out of my estate.
Item. I give to my son John Alston one negro fellow
named Little Dick to be delivered to him after my decease
by my executors, to him and his heirs forever besides what
I have already put into his possession out of my estate.
188 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
Item. I give and bequeath to my son William Alston
what I have already given him in his possession, also one
negro man Ned the younger and one negro boy named
Daniel now in his possession to him and his heirs and as-
sigus forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Hunter
wife of Jesse Hunter one negro woman named Dinah and
her increase now in her possession to her and her heirs and
assigns forever and that my full interest and meaning
is that she nor her heirs claiming under her have any part
of my estate except five pounds current money, which I
also desire my Executors to pay to her at my decease.
Item. I give and bequeath to my beloved son Philip Al-
ston what of my estate that I have already put in his pos-
session, also forty pounds current money to be paid him
when demanded from my executors, which is all I in-
tend for my said son out of my estate.
Item. I give and bequeath to my grand son John Mc-
Coy Alston son of my son Philip Alston one negro boy
named Arch to him and his heirs forever.
I give and beqeath to my daughter Charity what estate I
have already put into her possession, also five pounds cur-
rent money to be paid to her by my executors which is all
I intend for my said daughter out of my estate.
I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Priscilla
Jones, daughter of James Jones, deceased one negro girl
named Violet with all her increase to her and her heirs
and assigns forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha Hun-
ter, wife of Isaac Hunter the increase of a negro woman
named Aggie, now deed, the said increase being now in her
possession to her and her heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my grand son, Alston Jones son of
my daughter Rachel Jones one negro named Minga, born
- and Their Descendants. 180
of the body of negro Rose to him ray said grand son and
his heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I bequeath to my daughter Rachel Jones, wife of
Edmond Jones one negro woman named Cate with her in-
crease now in her possession together with five pounds cur-
rent money which I desire to be paid out of my estate by
my executors.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Morgan
two negro girls Jane and Pretty with their iucrease to her
and her heirs and assigns forever which is all I intend for
my said daughter Sarah out of my estate.
Item. I give and bequeath to my grand son Lemuel
James Alston son of my deceased son Solomon Alston five
pouuds current money to be paid by my executors when he
attaius to lawful age.
Item. It is my will and desire that my two sons in law
Isaac Hunter and Jesse Hunter have the use of my still in
distilling the brandy made by them on their plantation.
Item. It is my desire that if my son James Alston die
without issue lawfully begotten of his body, that what ne-
groes he has of my estate at the time of his death with
their increase shall be equally divided between William
Alston Isaac Hunter Jesse Hunter & Edmond Jones to
them and their heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I give and bequeath all my estate of the personal
property of what nature or kind soever not before in this
my will and testament bequeathed, to James Alston and his
heirs forever.
Lastly, I constitute my loving sons James Alston Wil-
liam Alston & and my son in law Jesse Hunter executors
to this my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of Sep-
tember A. D. 1780. Solomon Alston. (Seal.)
Witnesses : William Myrick, Francis Myrick,
Thos. Maclen.
190 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
A Codicil to the Afore Written Will.
It is my will and desire that a certain piece or parcel of
land given in my last will and testament to my graud son
Solomon Hunter sou of Isaac Hunter and Martha his wife,
since the making of my said will, I have given to the said
Solomon Hunter the said land by deed dated on the 18th.
day of April 1781. Therefore it is my desire that the
said legacy given iu my said will be noil and void as if
never made.
Item. It is my will and desire that if my son James
Alston should die betore his son John Alston attain to the
age of eighteen years, that then and in such case it is
my will and desire that none of my land shall be cleared
until my said grandson attain to his said eighteen years
of age or till the same shall be claimed by my heirs accord-
ing to my said will.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
seal this 18th. day of April A. D. 1784.
Solomon Alston. (Seal.)
Witnesses: Thos. Maclen, Richard Revear,
Solomon Hunter, William Myrick, Francis Myrick.
Probated January Court 1785.
S Solomon Alston = Ann (Nancy) Hinton (about
1729). Issue:
I. Mary, b. June 4th, 1730=Nathaniel Kim-
brough (q. v.).
3 II. Solomon, b. Oct. 24, 1733=Sarah {q. v.).
4 III. John, b. Ap. 18th, 1735— Elizabeth Hynes,
or Hines (q. v.).
5 IV. William, Lt. Col., b. Dec. 25, 1736=Charity
Alston (q. v.).
6 V. Anne,b. March 29th, 1738= Jesse Hunter^. t<.).
and Their Descendants. 191
VI. Phillip, b. Feb. 18th, 1741=and had one son,
John McCoy Alston, mentioned in will of
Solomon Alston, in 1784. This family
very early removed to the Natchez District,
and are mentioned as being there in 1776-
1781, by Pickett in his "History of Ala-
bama." His wife was among the refugees
who fled from the Spaniards in 1781.
7 VII. Charity, b. Jan. 19th, 1743=Capt. James
Jones (q. v.).
2 VIII. Martha, b. May 25th, 1745=Isaac Hun-
ter (q. V.).
IX. Rachel, b. Sept. 27th, 1747= Edmund Jones
(q. v.). Had one son, Alston Jones, of whom
there is no farther record.
X. Sarah, b. June 27th, 1752=Morgau, of whom
there is no farther record.
1 XL James, b. Feb. 1st, 1754— d. Feb. 27th, 1805,
m. 1st, Sarah Kearney, b. Mar. 26th, 1758,
m. 2d, Sarah Hawkins, n6e Macon, who d.
Ap. 11th, 1808 (q. v.).
As there are so many intermarriages with the Warren
county family of Jones, there will be added a brief sketch
of them, also of the family of Evan Jones of White Plains,
and of the family of Banks, so intimately connected with
Alston and Jones.
3 Solomon Alston, Jr.=Sarah .
Solomon Alston sold 4,000 acres of land in Bute, now
Warren county, to his uncle Joseph John Alston, who
willed it to his son Henry. He is also recorded as hav-
ing been a grand juror in 1769, from Granville Co. In
Col. Records of N. C, Vol. VIII, page 201, we find,
"ordered that Solomon Alston, Jr., and Robert Dick-
192 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
ens be added to the "Commission of the Peace &
Dedimue" for the county of Granville, and that the
chairman of said court be directed to insert their
names in the Commission & Dedimus accordingly.
Ap. 7th, 1770. [Signed] Wm. Tryon. His will
was probated at August court 1771. His widow mar-
ried Captain John Henderson, June 4th, 1772. In
1776, there is record of a petition from Wm. Alston
and Joseph John Williams to Supreme Court, praying
that John Henderson who had married the widow of
Solomon Alston, now deceased, late of Granville
county, be restrained from leaving the Province to the
prejudice of the children of the said Solomon Alston.
Names of said children :
11 I. Lemuel James, born 1760 (q. v.).
II. Henry = Sarah Hill, dau. of Thomas Hill, of
Halifax County (q. v.).
III. Charity Alston. There is no record of her
ever having married. Robert Lewis was
also a devisee in the will of Solomon Alston,
but there is found no other record of him.
Of Henry Alston, above mentioned, there
is a record, July 27th, 1784, leaving prop-
erty to his wife, Sarah Hill, and their chil-
dren :
I. Willis Alston.
II. Fanny Foster Alston, probably married to
John Kimbrough, sou of Nathaniel.
III. Thomas Alston, of whom there is no further
record or history.
This family is to be distinguished from that of Henry
Alston, son of Joseph John, who also m. Sarah Hill and
left three children, and has been mentioned elsewhere.
and Their Descendants. 193
11 Judge Lemuel James Alston married Elisabeth,
da u. of Colonel Joseph John Williams and Elisabeth,
dau. of Phillip Alston and Winnifred Whitmel. After
the death of his wife, he married Elisabeth, widow
of Joseph John Williams, Jr., the half brother of
his first wife, but had no children by this second
marriage. We find him living in South Carolina,
on a place which is now the site of the city of Green-
ville, and representing that district in Congress,
1807-1811. From there he removed to what is
now Clarke county, Ala., in 1816. There as Chiet
Justice he presided over the Orphans Court and
County Court from November, 1816, to May, 1821.
He was noted for his intellectual attainments, as well
as for his uniformly dignified, gentlemanly, courte-
ous bearing. He died in 1836, on what was known
as the Alston place. Of his six sons and two daugh-
ters, only one' son survived him and left issue. We
have record of only 4 of his children, viz.:
I. Lemuel Alston died of yellow fever in Pensa-
cola, Fla., and at time of his death was en-
gaged to a Spanish lady.
II. James Madison Alston married a Widow Wil-
liams and died without issue.
III. Melissa d. unm.
IV. Col. William Williams Alston was born
in Greenville, S. C, March 27th, 1799, and
died in 1860 in Louisiana of pneumonia
while on a visit. He married June 22d, 1720,
Mary Haywood Burges, of North Caro-
lina, born 1803, died Sept. 21st, 1841.
Their children were :
I. Sarah Elizabeth Carolina, b. June 23d, 1821,
d.Nov. 3d, 1879; married Samuel Alston
Fit.s (,. ,.).
194 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
12 II. Mary Melissa Jane, b. March 27th, 1824 =
James A. Howze. Issue (q. v.).
III. William Henry Alston, b. January 31st, 1726
= Virginia Jones. No issue. Died in La-
mar Co., Texas.
13 IV. Lemuel Lovatt^ =1854, Sarah French Jack-
son. Issue (q. v.).
> twins b. Sept. 16,1827.
I
14 V. Laura Virginia J =W. J. Howze. Issue (q. v.).
VI. Cornelia Caroline, b. May 27th, 1829= Col.
J. J. Pegues and d. 1852. No surviving
issue.
VII. Thos. Burges^j died unm. in Lamar Co., Tex.
^ twins b. Aug. 25th, 1832.
15 VIII. Anna Olivia | died Nov. 3, 1897= L.B. Brown
J of Enterprise, Miss. Issue (q-v.).~
16 IX. Joseph John, b. May 15th, 1835 = Louise
Josephine Jones. Issue [q. v.).
X. Emma Haywood, b. June 3d, 1837=Nathaniel
Alston Williams. Issue (q. v.).
17 XL Dr. Alfred Augustus Alston, born January
24th, 1839, died Feb. 25th, 1892, at San
Augustine, Florida. He married Margaret
A. Ulmer. They had 3 daughters (q. v.).
12 James A. Howze=Mary Melissa Jane Alston,
5 children, viz.:
B I. James Alexander Hcwze married twice (5. v.).
Resides in Palmetto, Fla.
II. Clara Cornelia Howze = A. J. Ulmer, Paris,
Texas, 3 children, viz. :
1. Lizzie = — Wier, of Galveston, Texas.
2. Clara= — Henley, cashier of City National
Bank, Paris, Texas.
3. Creagh, unm.
I
and Their Descendants. 195
III. Mary Alston Howze=Col. Melancthon Smith
(d. s. }7.).
IV. Thomas Falconer Howze=Pattie Strudwick,
Demopolis. 4 children, viz. :
1. Sam Howze. 2. James Howze.
3. Helen. 4. Clara.
V. Annie DeWitt Howze, unm., Paris, Texas.
B James Alexander Howze=lst in 1871, Mary
S.Jones. Issue 4 children; 2d in 1889,
Frankie A. McKay, of Chicago. Issue 3
children, viz. :
1. Mary V. m. Guy Moseley, who died in
Texas.
2. Daisy Howze died in infancy.
3. Thomas A. m. Edith Bacon.
4. Anna m. Dr. J. L. Ulmer and resides at
Tampa, Fla.
5. James A. Howze, Jr., unm.
6. Wm. D. Howze, unm.
7. Julius D. Howze, unm.
14 W. J. Howze= Laura Virginia Alston, 5 chil-
dren, viz. :
I. Sidney Alston Howze died unm.
A II. Mary Virgin ia= James W. Loper. Issue
(q. v.).
III. William Harris Howze= — Ward. Issue 3
or 4 children.
IV. Emma Cornelia died in early life.
V. Thomas Wilds died in childhood.
A James W. Loper=Mary Virgiuia Howze, 9 children,
viz. :
196 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
I. Thomas Howze. II. Laura Edwina.
III. William Alston. IV. Sallie Robinson.
V. James Sidney. VI. Erasmus Clayton.
VII. Annie Virginia. VIII. Francis Wilds.
IX. John. *
13 Dr. Lemuel Lovatt Alston, 1827-1892, graduated at
the medical college of South Carolina, in Charleston,
1857, and after the war settled in Orrville, Ala.,
where he attained to considerable distinction in his
profession. His death was the result of pneumonia.
His wife, Sarah French Jackson, was the dau. of
James M. Jackson, ot Gainestown, Ala. They had
3 children, viz. :
I. Mary, who married Dr. Richard P. Huger, of
Anniston, Ala., and died leaving 1 son,
Richard Huger, Jr., and 1 dau., Mary Al-
ston Huger. After the death of his wife,
Dr. Huger again married Miss Noble, of
Anniston and has issue
II. Lemuel James Alston = — Frobel, who died
without children. He has been a traveling
salesman, spending much of his time in At-
lanta, Ga., where his mother also has been.
II. William Williams Alston was killed in Tusca-
loosa, Ala., while attending college.
15 L. B. Brown =Anne Olivia Alston; have 1 son, Alfred
Alston Brown, who m. Aimee A. Baldwin
(whose mother was a sister of John H.
Wheeler, the historian of North Carolina),
and have 3 children, viz. :
I. Aimee Clifton Brown.
II. L. B. Brown, Jr.
III. Annie Alston Brown.
and Their Descendants. 197
16 Joseph John Alston=Louisa Josephine Jones.
After residing some years in Paris, Texas, he
returned to Alabama, and has been engaged in mercantile
pursuits in Tuscaloosa. They have six children, viz :
I. Caroline Haywood, b. Nov. 4, 1856 ; unm.
II. Samuel Fitts Alston, b. Jan. 6, 1859.=Fannie
Fitts (q. v.).
III. Louisa Josephine, b. Nov. 1, 1862=Charles
N. Maxwell; 5 ch., viz. :
(1) George Neville Maxwell, b. May 4, 1884.
(2) Charles Neville Maxwell, b. Feb. 22, 1886.
(3) Joseph Alston Maxwell, b. Feb. 17, 1888.
(4) Samuel Hamilton Maxwell, b. July 11,
1890.
(5) Louise Neville Maxwell, b. July 15, 1892.
IV. George Alston, b. Jan. 4, 1 867 =Jennie Max-
well, 2 ch. viz. :
I. George Jones Alston, b. Sept. 1895.
II. Eugene Hamilton Alston, b. Nov. 1897.
V. Mary, b. Nov. 14, 1869=Ernest Pittman.
VI. Henry Alston, b. Aug. 28, 1873=Mabel Winni-
fred Jones.
17 Dr. Alfred Augustus Alston = Margaret A.
Ulmer. Issue :
I. Julia E, born at Orrville, Ala., Feb. 9, 1868;
m. Fred D. Waite at Bellview, Fla., May
8, 1888. Issue 3 daughters:
1. Margaret, b. at Homosassa, Fla.,
Sept. 4, 1889, and died in infancy.
2. Edith Emiline, b. at Bellview, Fla.,
March 16, 1892.
3. Ethel Alston, b. at Bellview, Fla.,
Nov. 12, 1898.
II. Maggie U, b. at Orrville, Ala., April 14,
198 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
1870, and married George R. Haile, in
Kanapaha, Fla., Dec. 28, 1887. One son
and three daughters :
1. Alston Reynolds Haile, b. in Ocala,
Fla., Jan. 7, 1889.
2. Esther Fen wick, b. at Leesburg, Fla.,
July 2, 1891.
3. Miriam Penfield, b. at Leesburg, Fla.,
Nov. 30, 1892.
4. Margaret 111 mer, u. at Leesburg, Fla.,
Oct. 5, 1895.
III. Annie H, b. in Paris, Texas, Nov. 6, 1876 ;
married James D. Clore, in Leesburg, Fla.,
March 4, 1896; 1 daughter, Annie Alston
Clore, b. in Bellview, Fla., Dec. 4, 1898.
Sketch of John Alston by his Grand- daughter.
Agreeable to promise I have written lor you all that
mama can now recall of the early history of our great-
grand-father, John Alston. Mama says she has but an
imperfect recollection ot him, as he died when she was
quite a child ; so that we are indebted to our grand-mother
(Lucy Alston) for the following facts : She often spoke to
mama of her early lile and of the hardships encountered
by her whole family. Before proceeding further let me
ask your indulgence, for I can do no more than give you a
general outline. Mama was unable to give me a single
date, although, alter much trouble, I have succeeded in
finding enough to satisfy me iu the main, and hope you
may feel sufficiently interested to search for yourself.
The history of Louisiana, and more particularly that por-
tion of it known as West Florida, would be interesting to
all, but deeply so to us, it having been the home of our
fore-fathers — the scenes of their struggles to throw off the
and Their Descendamts. 199
Spanish yoke, and of their after happiness under that rule
during the general amnesty, and finally of the possession
of it by the United States in 1810.
Our great grandfather was by birth a Carolinian, a true
and loyal British subject — he lived and died an English-
man at heart.
In or about the year 1770, John Alston removed with
his family — wife and four children — to the Natchez district
of West Florida, and never participated in the struggle of
the Americans for liberty, but remained firm in his attach-
ment to the royal cause. His plantation was 10 miles
east of Natchez. The maiden name of his wife was Elisa-
beth Hynes, At the time of their emigration to Natchez,
our grand-parents were wealthy, and their children were
educated at home under the care of good aud competent
English teachers — indeed, I may say they were reared in
the lap of luxury and refinement. The plantation on
which they lived is about eight or nine miles from Natchez,
and to which they gave the name of " La Grange "—a
name it still retains. The names of their children were
William, Lewis, Ann and Solomon. Lucretia, or Lucy,
as she was afterward called (our grandmother), was born in
1772 on the La Grange plantation.
In 1779 Baton Rouge, Fort Bute at Manchac, Fort
Pan mure at Natchez were surrendered to Gen. Galvez.
Thus that portion of West Florida came under the domin-
ion of Spaiu, but it was not confirmed by a treaty until
1783, when the whole of East and West Florida were
ceded to the Spanish crown, and this terminated the last
vestige of British power upon the lower Mississippi after
an occupancy of nearly nineteen years.
In the winter of 1781, when Gen. Galvez, the captain-
general of Louisiana, was engaged in reducing Pensacola
(an English fort), a revolt of the English colonies in the
Natchez district, headed by Jno. Alston and six others,
200 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
brought upon them the vengeance of their conquerors, the
Spaniards of Louisiana. During the siege, hearing of the
approach of a fleet, which had been mistaken for a British
one, they considered the success of their sovereign's cause
in West Florida so certain that they determined on giving
him an evidence of their loyalty by dislodging the Span-
iards from the fort. They raised the British standard on
the 22d of April, but it was not until the 29th that the
evacuation of Fort Panmure by the Spanish took place,
soon followed by the rumor that the report of the approach
of the British fleet was unfounded, and afterward by that
of Galvez's success at Pensacola.
On the 29th of July of the same year (1781) Don Carlos
De Grandpri, lieutenant-colonel of the regiment of Louis-
iana, entered upon his duties of civil and military com-
mandant of the port district of Natchez, when measures
were immediately taken for the punishmeut of such of the
late insurgents as were within the reach of the Spanish
authorities. Arrests, seizures and confiscations commenced.
The insurgents being mindful of Spanish cruelty exer-
cised by Gov. O'Reily ten years before, determined to
elude the vigilance of the Spanish government by seeking
the protection of the nearest British post in Georgia upon
the Savannah river.
Without loss of time, and in company with other fam-
ilies, Mr. Alston started his wife and three younger chil-
dren, with twenty-five young negro men as their protec-
tion or body.guard ; he, with his two elder sons, remained
at their post. Mrs. Alston had gone but two days' jour-
ney when her horse stumbled and fell. She was thrown,
and in the fall had several of her ribs broken ; her com-
panions were obliged to hurry on, while she and her chil-
dren returned to their home. Her sufferings were very
great, and she was carried on a litter, the negroes taking
and Their Descendants. 201
it in turn. From this accident she never recovered, lin-
gered a few weeks and died.
After the death of his wife Mr. Alston, with his sons,
attempted to make their escape; the young men succeeded,
but the leader of the revolt was too great a prize ; he was
betrayed into the hands of the Spaniards, and after a trial
in New Orleans he and six others were sentenced to close
confinement tor life in Moro Castle (Havana).
Previous to his capture in the Indian Nation, Mr. Alston
asked the protection of Dr. Farrar for his three younger
children. After the confiscation of his property Dr.
Farrar removed the three children to a cabin in the woods,
on one of his plantations on " False River," in Pointe
Coupee parish, La.
Mammy Poll, an old negro woman who had belonged
to Mr. Alston and who was permitted to remain with the
children, was in this their hour of trial their only earthly
friend and protector. There was but one room in the
cabin and in that they all lived for more than a year.
Solomon was only twelve years of age and, from having
been always accustomed to every comtort, now was called
upon to exert himself for the maintenance and support of
his sisters. They were fortunately allowed to retain some
few bedclothes and their own wearing apparel, of which
they had a good supply.
Mammy Poll had a little dog which was a great help to
them. She, with Solomon and her dog, w T ould hunt the
small game of the country, such as the opossum, raccoon
and rabbit. She also raised poultry, and as False river
was near by, their table was often supplied with fish.
Meat and meal were furnished them from the plantation.
Can you imagine a more distressing situation for a
young and beautiful girl of only fifteen (for such was
Ann's age), the petted idol of her family, in a few short
weeks to be deprived by death of an affectionate mother,
202 SOLOMON AND ANN (HiNTON) ALblON
her beloved father a prisoner for .life, her two brothers
fugitives, and she the sole guardian of her younger brother
aud sister, without means, without friends, with a bare
roof over her head and in sound of the terrible howling
of wolves and other wild animals, living in constant terror,
for she was without protection aud at the mercy of any or
all who might (eel so disposed to molest her? But they
had a friend — these poor children of the wilderness. Our
Heavenly Father protected them and gave Ann strength
to bear her heavy burdens (I say Ann, for the others were
younger aud did not feel as she did), and in time sent her
an earthly friend, who proved himself indeed a true and
kind one. Mr. Alexander Stirling, a young Scotchman
who had lelt his home in the mother country to seek his
fortune in the new world, at that time was living at Dr.
Farrar's place managiug for him, and his kind, manly
heart led him to pity and assist these poor, helpless chil-
dren. From repeated acts of kindness and sympathy they
learned to look upon him as their friend. He became de-
votedly attached to Ann and she in time returned his affec-
tions. In the fall or winter of 1782 they, were married,
and in January, 1783, they removed to their own home,
on Thompson's creek, near Murdock's ford, West Feliciana
parish, and commenced merchandising. They were for-
tunate iu business aud soon became independent.
Grandma, in speaking of her home on "False River,"
said the mosquitoes were so bad they were obliged to sleep
on a sort of scaffold outside the cabin and make a smoke
under it, and then they would build a large fire to scare
the wolves, and although she was but nine years of age
she remembered distinctly her nightly terror ot them, and
to her dying day she considered the meat of the opossum a
delicacy.
Mammy Poll was a good and faithful friend ; she tried
to sell her poultry and extra game, which enabled them to
and Their Descendants. 203
buv an occasional pair of shoes or some little extra. In
after years she was emancipated and lived in New Orleans
to a ripe old age in comfort and independence, having the
love and respect of every member of the family, who al-
ways treated her with great deference.
I have heard my own husband speak of visiting her
when he was a child. Soon alter Mr. and Mrs. Stirling
settled in their own home, her brothers, William and
Lewis, in consequence of their youth, were pardoned, and
came to visit their sisters and brother.
After consultation they determined to place Lucy in the
Ursuliue Convent in New Orleans, which William did in
the following fall, and there she remained for five years.
Her education was altogether in French, and when she left
the convent she had almost forgotten her mother tongue.
Solomon remained with his sister and attended the school
of the neighborhood. William and Lewis Alston entered
land on the Bayou Tunica (West Feliciana Parish) and
soon became independent. •
Until the winter of 1783 John Alston remained a close
prisoner in Moro Castle. At that time Prince William
Henry (afterward William the 4th of England) went to
Havana as midshipman, and then an opportunity was of-
fered him of exercising his humanity for the deliverance of
the unfortunate. Some of his countrymen were in danger
of suffering under sentence of death in Moro Castle; at his
royal highness' intercession they were liberated, but Gen.
Galvez, then Governor of Louisiana, was fearlul these
leaders of the revolt might again give trouble to the gov-
ernment and offered a reward of five thousand dollars for
the head of John Alston if found within the Spanish do-
minion of Louisiana.
Here is a copy of the letter which Prince William wrote
to Gen. Galvez :
Sir — I want words to express to your excellency my just
204 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
sense of your polite letter, of the delicate manner iu which
you caused it to be delivered and of your generous conduct
towards the unfortunate men in your power. Their pardon,
which you have been pleased to grant on my account, is
the most agreeable present you could have offered me, and
it is strongly characteristic of the bravery and gallantry of
the Spanish nation. This instance increases, if possible,
my opinion of your excellency's humanity, which has ap-
peared on so many occasions iu the course of the late war.
Admiral Rowley is to dispatch a vessel to Louisiana with
the prisoners. I am convinced they will ever think of your
excellency's clemeucy with gratitude ; and I have sent a
copy of your letter to the King, my father, who will be
fully sensible of your excellency's attention to me.
I request my compliments to Mme. Galvez, and that you
will be assured that actions so noble as those of your ex-
cellency will ever be remembered by, yours sincerely,
William, P.
Another kind act of Prince William was to save the life
of a brother midshipman, Benjamin Lee, who had been
sentenced to death for disrespect to a superior officer.
In 1784 John Alston presented himself before the Gov-
ernor and declared his name and claimed the reward for
his impoverished children.
The Governor was struck with his manly bearing, offered
him his hand, and said, " Give me your word never to
again interfere with the Government, and go home and
take care of your children."
From the time of his departure from New Orleans in
1781 Mr. Alston had never heard of his children, but now
on his release he heard from friends in the city that his
sons had been pardoned and that his youngest daughter
was in the convent; he went to see her and learned from
her that her sister was married and living on Thompson's
Creek. Leaving Lucy in the convent he was in a few
and Their Descendants. 205
days with the other members of his family. He found his
lovely daughter a wife and mother. The feeling of deep
gratitude to the kind protector of bis helpless children was
paramount to all others; he received Mr. Stirling as a son
and soon after lo ved him as his own child.
Finding his sons had settled on Bayou Tunica, he soon
opened a plantation near them on the " Lake of the Cross/'
and being enabled to claim some of his former slaves in
right of his children, he by persevering energy and indus-
try soon became a wealthy planter. Mr. Alston was a
large, handsome, well-formed man ; his height was six feet
four inches. All of the family except grandma were large.
Mrs. Stirling was tall and the brothers all over-size; one
of them, Lewis, was six feet seven inches, and mama says
decidedly the handsomest man she ever saw.
After grandmama's return from the convent she lived
with and kept house for her father until her marriage with
Mr. Ruffin Gray, a young Virginian, and brother of Mrs.
Lewis Alston, who was married before grandma's return.
William Alston married Miss Mildred Wells, of Rapides
Parish ; his descendants live in Mississippi, but we have
heard nothing of them for many years.
Lewis Alston was twice married ; his first wife, Miss
Mary Ann Gray, left no children ; his second wife was Miss
Rebecca Kimball.
About the time of grandma's marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Stirling removed from Thompson's Creek and settled in
West Feliciana on the plantation known for a long time as
" Egypt," but -which is now known as Rosale.
Lucy Alston was twice married ; her first husband was
Mr. Ruffin Gray. They had four children, the youngest
of whom, Mary Ann, was born a few months before her
father's death. He had opened the "Oakley Plantation,"
W T est Feliciana, and had made all his arrangements for
moving when his health, which had been declining for some
206 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
time previous, failed rapidly and he died at his residence
on the Homachitta. As soon after his death as practica-
ble grandmama removed to " Oakley," and there new-
trials awaited her. About that time her father died, very
soon after her sister, and she had the care of her younger
children. To add to her sorrow the smallpox, that terrible
scourge, made its appearance in the neighborhood, and the
whole family were inoculated. Grandma, in alluding to
this period of her life, says her trials were greater and
harder to bear than all the others. Besides the poignancy
of grief at the loss of a kind husband, father and sister,
she had this terrible disease to battle with ; six members
of the family were ill with it, besides many of the negroes.
Then it was that Lucretia, the youngest child of Mrs. Stir-
ling, died, and for days the lives of her own two children
were despaired of. But for her brother Solomon, who was
with her through all that trying period, she must, even
with her energy, have sunk, as it was the anxiety, distress
and fatigue that nearly killed her, and it was a long time
before she recovered from the effect.
She was indebted to another kind friend, Miss Chis-
holm (the grand aunt of" Mrs. Lurly), who remained with
her, and her kiudness and sympathy were a great comfort.
Grandmama married the second time Mr. James Perrie,
a Scotchman, and friend of her brother-in-law, Mr. Stir-
ling. They had three children — the first died in infancy —
Sarah, who died at 14 years of age, and Eliza.
Of grandmama, she was twice widow and died at the
age of 60 in May, 1832, beloved by all who knew her.
She was a woman of strong mind and great energy of
character, and her life of vicissitudes was well calculated
to bring out all her faculties.
You will find the proofs of the dates herein mentioned
in "Monette's Valley of the Mississippi" — "Warton's Lou-
isiana," and Cratz's life of Geo. 4th.
and Their Descendants. 207
The life of our grandmama is full of incident, but I am
totally inadequate to the task of writing it out.
Affectionately your cousin,
S. P. s.
From the family Bible of Jonathan Rucker, and from
family reminiscences, we have the following :
The family of Rucker were Huguenots and left France
in the 17th century, and settled near Fairfax, Va. Some-
time previous to the Revolution they came southward,
some even as far as Mississippi. The vessel which brought
them to America was wrecked and every one on board
lost, except Rucker himself aud one companion. Among
his descendants, about the beginning of the Revolution,
Peter and his wife Sarah Rucker came to the Mississippi
country from Prince Edward Co., Va., and settled upon
the river in Louisiana below Natchez. Among their
children were Jonathan, Catherine, Susanna, and William.
Here his wife Sarah died, and Peter married again.
His 2d wife was disliked by the children, and little Cathe-
rine, refusing to nurse her step- mother's infant, took her
brother William with her and went off, crossing the river
by night in a skiff, and wrapping up her little brother in
a flannel skirt to make him comfortable, they concealed
themselves on the opposite bank of the river, where they
could see their father with neighbors, dogs and torches
hunting for them all night. The children, when day
came, went to some of the neighbor's houses. Mrs. Philip
Alston took pity upon the children, having been a friend
of their mother, and offered to take little Catherine into her
family and seud her to school with her own children.
This the child enjoyed very much, and became strongly
attached to Mrs. Alston and family. In 1781, when the
English colonists of the Natchez District fled from the
Spaniards, she took Catherine with her to the Indian
208 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
nation, where they went for protection. There they met
John Turnbull, the Indian agent, whom Catherine mar-
ried (she being then 16 years old), and afterwards lived
in East Baton Rouge at a place called Arlington, until
some years subsequent to her husbaud's death. John
Turnbull had previously married among the Indians,
where he left a number of children.
John Turnbull came to Mobile from Scotland with his
father, mother, brother and sister. All of whom, except
himself and brother, died of yellow fever the first summer
after arrival. <
William, the youngest, a child of 11 or 12 years, was
put with the greater part of their property in the store of
an English merchant. He moved with the merchant's
family to the Bahamas, where he died, leaving a wife and
two small children.
John bought a mule and a peddler's pack and started
out to trade with the Indians. In the course of time he
was made agent under Spanish rule and became very
wealthy, owning quantities ot land in Mobile, on the Tom-
bigbee, and in East Baton Rouge.
Among the children of John Turnbull and his wife
Catherine Rucker, their dau. Sarah married Lewis Stir-
ling of West Feliciana Parish. Robert Semple Young,
A. B., who served as a private in Co. A, Jeff Davis' Le-
gion in Va., during the Confederate war, and resides in
Natchez, is a gr-grandson.
Among the English residents of the Natchez District
who took an active part in therebeilion against the Spanish
government in 1781, and fled to the Indian Territory, was
Philip Alston, a younger brother of John, and mentioned
in "Pickett's History of Alabama" as residing at Petit
Gulf in 1776. There is no record of his having left issue,
except that his lather in his will in 1784 makes a special
and Their Descendants. 209
bequest to his grandson, John McCoy Alston, son of his
son Philip.
By consulting the Adams county records, we find that
Owen Alston bought negroes about 1800-1810. He may
also have been a son of this Philip who was still alive
Oct. 1st, 1784.
Subjoined we give the family descent of John Alston
•and Elisabeth Hines as far as we have obtained it :
4. John Alston, b. April 18th, 1735, d. 1802, married
about 1761 to Elizabeth Hines; d. 1781.
Both of North Carolina. Five children :
I. William Alston b. 1762, d. April 12th,
1812, married Mildred Wells, of Rapides
Parish, La. Their children were : 1, Eliza-
beth, who m. John Davis in 1818 ; 2, Wil-
liam Alston, and 3, John Alston.
18 II. Philip Lewis Alston, b. 1764, d. 181 9= 1st,
Mary Ann Gray, s. p. — 2d, Rebecca Kim-
ball. Issue 4 children (</. v. ).
19 III. Ann Alston, b. 1767, d. July 2d, 1802=in
1782-3 to Alexander Stirliug, of Scotland.
Niue children (q. v.).
TV. Solomon Alston, 1768-1809, unm.
The above 4 children were born in North
Carolina.
W V. Lucretia (Lucy) Alston, 1772— May 13th,
1833, born at the LaG range plantation near
Natchez, Miss.-=lst, Ruffin Gray; 2d, James
Perrie of Scotland (q. v.).
IS Philip Lewis Alston^ Rebecca Kimball. Issue:
I. Isaac Alston, d. s. p.
II. Lewis Alston =Lydia Adams, and left one son
living in Point Coupee.
1! al
210 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston
III. Elizabeth Alston = Arthur Adams, issue.
IV. Ann Alston =Samuel Wirnbish, four children,
viz. :
1. Ruffin Wimbish=Lucy Davis of Baton
Rouge, one child.
2. Mary Ann Wimbish= Abraham Gray.
issue.
3. Charlotte Wimbish= Raker, issue.
4. James Wimbish=Sarah Doherty and
their descendants moved to Texas.
19 Alexander Stirling= Ann Alston, twelve chil-
dren, viz. :
(While the family records and connection have not been
preserved, traditions all indicate Alexander Stirling to
have descended from the ancient families of Stirling and
Alexander of Scotland.)
21 (1) Henry, b. June 5th, 1785, d. Sept. 1st,
1827=Mary Bowman, of Brownsville,
Pa.
m (2) Lewis, b. Nov. 9th, 1786, d. April 5th,
185S=Sarah Turnbull, of W. Feli-
ciana, La.
(3) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9th, 1788, d. April
17th, 1789.
(4) Peter, b. May 4th, 1790, d. Aug. 16th,
1790.
(5) Alexander, b. June 23d, 1791, d. Nov.
3d, 1819=Alice Lackie, of Wood-
ville, Miss. (Records not given.)
23 (6) William, b. Aug. 17th, 1792, d. 1842
=Eppie Hall, of Attakapas, La.
(7) Andrew, b. Oct. 2d, 1793, d. Nov. 1st
1793.
24. (8) Ruffin Gray, b. April 5th, 1795,d. July
and Their Descendants. 211
17th, 1854= Mary C. Cobb, of W.
Feliciana, La.
(9) John, b. Aug. 25th, 1796, d.Sept. 10th,
1797.
810 (10) Ann, b. Nov. 27th, 1797, d. March 3d,
1888= 1st, Dr. Haynie, of Maryland,
s. p.; 2d, Andrew Skillmao, of New
Jersey. Issue (q. v.).
(11) John, b. Sept. 19th, 1799, d. Aug.
27th, 1829=Edith Lilly, of E. Baton
Rouge, La. (Records not given.)
(12) Lucretia, b. Jan. 2d, 1801, d. Feb.
1802.
20 Lucretia (Lucy) Alston=1su, Ruffin Gray, four
children ; 2d, James Perrie, three children,
viz. :
1. Edmund and 2 Elizabeth Gray died in
infancy.
3. Ruffin Gray, a young man of much prom-
ise, died aged 21.
4. Mary ANNGRAY=lst, Jedidiah Smith
of Adams Co., Miss.=2d, Dr. Ira Smith
of New York. Issue :
1. Eliza Smith died in infancy.
2. Catherine Smith^Mathew Lyle of
Virginia, s. p.
3. Sarah Perrie Smith=Judge James
L. Stirling. She was an infant at
time of her father's death, s. p.
5. Eliza Perrie d. iu infancy.
6. Sarah Perrie d. at 13 years.
7. Eliza PEBRiE=lst, Robert H. Bar-
row of W. Feliciana (q. v.).
-2d, Rev. Wm. Robert Bowman, of
Brownsville, Pa. (q. v.).
212 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
- 3d, Henry A. Lyon, of Philadelphia,
two children.
Eliza Perrie Smith ---Robert Hilliard
Barrow. Issue :
Robert H. Barrow, Jr., who was
colonel in the Confederate army and
married his cousin, Mary Barrow,
and had issue, viz. :
1 . Sarah Herman Barrow, who by a former
marriage to a cousiu, Mary Glynn, of
Point Coupee, has a dau., Louise, unm.
2. Eliza=Eugene Barrow. They have
a son, Eugene Barrow, Jr., and a dau.,
Yirgie Belle, who is married and lives in
New York.
3. Charles M. Barrow Mrs. Anna Reeve
nee McNary, of Nashville.
5. Robert H. Barrow Carrie Reeve,
dau. of his brother's wife. Issue :
1. Ellison, aged 13. 2. Anna.
3. Charlie. 4. Reeve, 7 years.
5. Robert H. 6. Egerton (baby.)
4. Bennett R. Barrow Miss Parks, of West
Baton Rouge. Issue.
6. Isabel Barrow^ Bennett L. Bar-
row, her cousin. Issue :
1. Ruffiu, 18 yrs., quite literary and a
musician.
2. Isabel. 3. Hazel and 4 Eleanor.
7. Samuel Linton Barrow, num.
Rev. William Robert Bowman ^ Mrs. Eiiza
Perrie Barrow. Issue :
a I. James Perrie Bowman^^Sarah Turnbull,
niece of Mrs. Lewis Stirling ; issue 10 ch.
{q. v.).
and Their Descendants.' 213
b II. Isabel Bowman = Wilson W. Mathews,
banker of New Orleans, 5 ch. (q. v.)
a James Perrie Bowman— Sarah Turnbull, 10
ch. viz. :
I. Martha T.= Willie Fort, a planter of West
Feleciana. She d. 1898, leaving 1 ch.,
Willie Fort, Jr. After the death of his
wife Mr. Fort married
VI. Mary Bowman, sister of his former wife.
They have one little dan.
II. Eliza Perrie— George Shotwell of Xew Or-
leans, and have 2 ch., Anna, about 10, and
Bowman. The former is quite a violinist.
III. Sarah Turnbull Bowman, unm.
IV. Lieutenant Daniel Turnrull Bowman
died at Los Banos, Island of Luzon, Tues-
day, Jany 9th, 1900. His remains were
brought home and buried in Grace Church
Cemetery on Friday, Feb. 23d, 1901, at 12
m., with civil and military honors, where
he now sleeps wrapped in a battle flag.
V. Annie died num.
VII. Nina, twin of James, unm.
VIII. James, Jr. (twin of Nina) = Bessie Muse, and
have 1 ch.
IX. Caroline (Carrie), and
X. Isabella, both umu.
The old Daniel Turnbull residence in West Feliciaua,
called Rosedown, now occupied by the Bowmaus, is
one of the most noted in Louisiana. The family of Bow-
man is noted for refinement and culture, their women for
beauty.
6 Wilson W. Mathews=Isabel Bowman, 6 ch.
They lived at Oakley (adjoining Rosedown),
214 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
the plantation made by John Alston when he
came back from Moro castle; 6 ch. viz.:
I. Cora=Jas. Edward Keeler, of California,
(the astronomer), 3 ch.
II. R. Bowman Mathews, b. Oct. 3d, 1852,
in New Orleans, and d. March 2d, 1901,
in Washington City. He was an accom-
plished and forcible writer, and was widely
known ; he had been connected with The
New Orleans Picayune for 28 years as a re-
porter; his articles were always noted for
being concise, clear and reliable, and among
literary meu very highly esteemed.
He married Miss Rosalie Lloyd Brad-
ford, dau. of the late Capt. Bradford, of
the U. S. Coast Survey. He left 2 ch.,
Rosalie and Bowman.
III. Dr. W. W. Mathews, of Washington, D. C.
IV. Leonard Mathews, of New Orleans, con-
nected with the Sun Insurance Co.
V. Lucy L. lives on the old homestead with
her sister.
VI. Ida S. Mathews, who is a poetess of no
mean ability.
Note. — Mrs. James Edward Keeler has recently been
left a widow.
£2 Henry Stirling=Mary Bowman, 6 ch., viz.:
1. James A. Stirling, d. s. p.
II. Harriet=Thos. McCrindle, issue 5 ch.
1. Miss Isabel C. McCrindle, d. unm.
2. Henry McCrindle.
3. Louise=Dr. Charles Johnson, 2
ch., viz :
and Their Descendants. 215
Lizzie Johnson =Dr. Stuart McGee, St.
Louis, and Dr. Henry McCrinclle Johnson,
St. Louis.
4. Thomas Butler McCrinclle, unm., lives
near St. Francisville.
5. Dr. Lewis Stirling McCrinclle, d. s. p.
III. Isabella Stirling=Col. Micajah Courtney, s. p.
IV. Louisa Stirling= Pierce Butler, of W.
Feliciana Par., 3 ch.
1. James BuTLER=living at Laurel Hill,
near Natchez ; sons, Pierce Butler and
James Butler.
2. Judge Thomas Butler= Mary Fort
of W. Feliciana Par., issue. 1. Dr.
Thomas Butler, Jr.; 2. Sallie; 3. Anna;
4. Laura; 5. Willie; 6. James Stir-
ling, and 7. Samuel Lawrison Butler.
3. Anne Butler=Hon. Harry Minor;
issue, John Minor and two daughters.
Y. Wm. H. STiRLiNG=2d wife, Sallie Miller,
of Mississippi, 4 ch., viz.:
1. Mary, married and lives in Baltimore.
2. Georgia lives in Dallas, Texas, and is
widely known as a temperance lectu-
rer and reformer.
3. Sallie.
4. Corinne, married and lives in Balti-
more.
VI. J. Bowman Stirling^ Penelope J. Stew-
art, dau. of a cotton and sugar planter
in Mississippi. Issue :
1. Julia Ann= William R. Stirling.
Issue, viz.:
1. Ida May, b. Jan. 25, 1878.
216 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
2. Randolph, b. Feb. 15, 1879.
3. Willie, b. July 16, 1880.
4. Madaline=Garnett Young, of
Memphis. After the death of
her husband Mrs. Stirling m.
L. C. Breed, a merchant in
Memphis.
2. Louisa Butler=Dr. Theoderic C. Lin-
thicum, of Helena, Ark. They have
one sou, Dau. A. Linthicum.
3. Mary (dead)=John H. Thompson.
They have one living ch., Annie Lou.
4. Bowman Stirling=the only daughter
of Dr. John S. Carter, Prest. of 1st
National Bank of Jackson, Miss.
They have one son, Carter Stirling.
22 Lewis Stirling=Sarah Turnbull, who died Dec.
19th, 1875. He was Quartermaster of a
Regiment in New Orleans in 1814, and
throughout his entire life was noted for love
of. truth and benevolence of character; 6
ch., viz.:
020 I. Catherine Mary= Dr. John B. Hereford, of
Virginia, (q. v.).
030 II. Anna M.=John L. Lobdell, of New York,
(q. v.).
III. Judge James L. Stirling died April, 1861 =
Sarah Perrie Smith, s. p.
IV. Col. Lewis Stirling (now 81 yrs of age), unm.
Col. Lewis Stirling and his brother, Daniel
Turnbull Stirling, during the war, were
taken prisoners by the Federals and put on
board a gun boat to be sent to prison. Dan-
iel was an expert swimmer, and had sworn*
and Their Descendants. 217
that he would never go to a Yankee prison - y
so he leaped overboard, hoping to escape by
swimming. His mother continued looking
and waiting for him until her death in De-
cember, 1875.
V. Daniel Turnbull Stirling, d. s. p.
040 VI. Dr. Ruffin Gray Stirling=Catherine Leake,
7ch.
020 1. Catherine Mary=Dr. John Bronaugh
Hereford, of Va., a friend of Audubon.
She was quite a belle in New Orleans in
early life, and died 7 or S years past, aged
86. Their childreu were :
(1.) Dr. Robert Francis= Julia Lecoque. Issue:
1. Dr. John Bronaugh Hereford, ch.
2. Ruffin Stirling Hereford, ch.
3. Catherine Mary Leake, 2 boys.
4. Josephine Julia Moise, Albany, Ga.
5. Roberta Frances Loomis, 2 daughter-.
6. Robert Francis Hereford, ch.
7. Louis Victor Hereford, unm.
8. Addie Harris Upton, no issue.
9. William Chamberlain Hereford.
10. Alfred Lecoque Hereford, dead.
11. Marie Camille Hereford, unm.
(2.) Sarah Turnbull Hereford, b. 1830, d. 1866,
unm.
(3.) Lewis Stirling Hereford^ Elisabeth
Rowena Percy (5 ch.); by 2d wife, Hettie
Chamberlain, no issue. He was in the Con-
federate army. His 2d wife is still living.
His children :
1. Eik-abeth Here!ord=Rev. J. J. Cor-
218 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
nish, Forest City, Ark.; (2 ch., Row-
ina Stirling, age 9, aud Joe Cornish 7.)
2. Sarah Hereford is matron of Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, Baton Rouge.
3. Robert Francis Hereford is in the
hardware business in Baton Rouge,
aud married Ethel Loucks. They have
2 sons, Frank aud Robert, and 1 dan.,
Ethel Hereford.
4. Lewis Stirling Hereford was in the
army at Miami.
5. Peter Randolph Hereford was also in
the army at Miami, aud now lives at
Baton Rouge.
(4) Anna Matilda Hereford, b. Feb.
1836; married Clarence Percy, b, Feb.
1836, of Wakefild, La. Issue:
1. Katheriue Sarah = Mathew Gilmore
(1895), and has 3 ch. Clarence Percy Gil-
more, Catherine Hereford, and an infant
son.
2. Clarence Percy, Jr., unra.
3. John Bronaugh Percy = Christian Howell,
and have dau. Anna Matilda Hereford,
(2 years).
f 4. William Chaille Percy (lawyer) was in
Twins, the 2d La. Volunteers at Miami,
b. 1873. ] 5. Robert Rylaud Percy = Jan. 16, 1901,
i Eugenia, dau. of E. J. McGee, Esq.
(5) John Bronaugh Hereford, m. in 1862,
Elizabeth J. Robertson, in West Baton
Rouge, La., who is still living. Issue:
(1) Mary Chevin.
(2) John Bronaugh Hereford, Jr., m. Hattie
and Their Descendants. 219
Ford. They have two children — John
Robertson and Josephine Mason.
(3) Anna Lobdell Hereford, m. Charles W.
Gilmore, and have one ch. Charles Here-
ford.
(4) James Stirling Hereford, m. Annie
Reynolds, and have one ch. Isabelle.
(5) Felix Senette, and (6.) Catherine Stirl-
ing Hereford.
(6) Jas. Stirling Hereford = 1st. Addie
Harris, s. p. = 2d. Jennie Chichester,
of Virginia, 1 ch. = 3d. Mary Brewer,
1 ch.
(7) Catherine Mary Hereford = Ax-
THONY DOHERTY. IsSllC, viz. :
1. Anthony Doherty (29)= Estelle Spencer
2. Isabel Hereford Doherty (27) — Wm.
McCansland, 2 ch.
3. Lewis Stirling Doherty (21). 1 T •
4. Wm. Swayze Doherty (21). j W
5. Katherine Turnbnll Doherty (19).
6. Percy Hereford Doherty (14),
7. Gladys Garden Doherty (10).
(8) Isabella Semple Hereford = 1st.
Demaret Hawkins, and 1 daughter,
Catherine Demaret Hawkins.
She married 2d Rev. G. R. Upton, an Epis-
copal clergyman, residing at Greenville,
Ala., and have 2 living children, viz. :
Georgine Hereford Upton.
Isabella Hereford Upton.
030 Ann Matilda Stirling = John Little Lobdell
Descendants :
1. Lewis Stirling Lobdell = Lucy S. Burton.
220 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston
2. Mary died.
3. Catherine Hereford died.
4. Catherine Hereford =Dr. Irvin E. Lewis.
5. Sarah Turn bull = Villeneuve F.
All a in.
(1) Lillie Marie = Robert H. Stirling. Is-
sue:
1. Helene Allain Stirling.
2. Anna M. Lobdell Stirling.
(2) Villeneuve Frank.
(3) Annie Lobdell.
(4) Aspasie Helene.
(5) May Aline.
(6) Sara Lewis.
6. John Little Lobdell = Carrie L. Lobdell.
Issue :
(1) Annie Matilda Lobdell.
(2) Belle Lobdell.
7. Annie Alston = James A. M'hoor;. Issue:
1. Catherine Lewis died.
2. Mary Lobdell died.
04.0 Dr. Ruffin Gray Stirling = Catherine H.
Leake, 7 ch., viz. :
1. Sarah Turnbull Stirling. Her mother
died when she was but a child, leaving
to her care six younger children, in the
training of whom she manifested rare
judgment, with a fidelity and devotion
only found in the highest types of wo-
manhood.
2. Dr. Lewis G. Stirling = Alma Boatuer
Mansur, 2 ch.
3. William Leake Stirling= Elizabeth Mutn-
ford, 6 ch.
and Their Descendants. 221
4. Robert Hereford Stirling = Lillie Al-
lain, 2 ch.
5. Mary Leake Stirling = Sidney II.
Lemon, 4 ch.
6. Daniel Turnbull Stirling, unm.
7. Margaret Lacy Stirling, unm.
Wm. Leake was born and lived in the Highlands of
Scotland, and his sou, James, was captured during the
Monmouth Rebellion in 1685, but, making his escape,
came to this country. From him have descended succes-
sive generations bearing the name, James Leake. One of
the family died in New York in 1827, leaving a very
valuable estate, which is still in litigation. From this
family is descended Catherine Leake, who married Dr.
James Gray Stirling.
•23 William Stirling=Eppie Hall, 9 children.
I. Alexander Ruffin Stirling, b. March 19th, 1826
= Sarah Foster of St. Mary's Parish and d.
March 19th, 1891.
II. Katherine Ann Stirling, b. 1827, d. 1828.
00 III. Elisabeth Hall Stirling^ James Parkerson (7. v).
IV. Louisa Baker Stirling, b. 1831, d. 18 42.
V. Anne Stirling, b. 1838, d. 1838.
02 VI. Katherine Stirling, b. July 1st, 1835= Dr.
Charles Smith, of Winchester, Va., issue 7
ch. ((j.v.)
05 VII. Eppie Stirling (twin of Katherine), b. July 1st,
1835= John Cary, and lives in Atlanta, Ga.
VIII. Lewis Stirling, b. March 18th, 1839, d. Jan.
1858.
IX. Mary Frances Stirling, b. Jan. 23d, 1842 =
Frederick Palfrey. She is now a widow,
living in Houston.
~2±2 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston
00 Elizabeth Hall Stirling was born on Stirling planta-
tion, St. Mary's Parish, Jauy. 18th, 1829. She married
James G. Parkerson, of the same Parish, son of a sugar
planter, on the 29th of May, 1856.
Of this marriage were born —
William Stirling Parkerson, lawyer of New Orleans,
who married Alice Palfrey Putnam, by whom he has three
children, May Stirling, Godfrey Putnam and Stirling. Hi-
first wife died, and he married her sister, Camilla Davis
Putnam, by whom he has four children, Emmet, Alice,
William and Elizabeth.
James G. Parkerson, Jr., railroad clerk, was married to
Willie Hite ; they have no children.
Mary Catherine was married to Charles D. Caffery, law-
yer, and has four children, Jefferson, Elizabeth, James and
Catherine.
Eppie Louisa was married to Wallace Mills, railroad
clerk, and has one child, William Parkerson Mills.
Annie Lee was married to Dr. X. P. Moss, and has two
children, Alice and Eppie.
Samuel R. Parkerson, banker, married to Ada Moss, has
no children.
Elizabeth Stirling Parkerson. unmarried.
Charles M. Parkerson, secretary for oil mill, married to
Lee Mitchell, and has 2 children, Charles and James Drehr.
02 Katherine Stirling:z=Dr. Charles Smitli. Issue :
1. Lewis Stirling Smith, b. Feb. 19th, 1859, in
Franklin, La.^ADDiE Coke. Issue: 1
dau., Katharine Stirling Smith, b. June 16th
1893.
II. John Augustine Smith (lately appointed com-
missioner of New Orleans Bureau of Freight
and Transportation), b. Nov. 17th, 1.^
and Their Descendants. 223
=Eula Hare, and have one son, John
Augustine Smith, b. Sept. 25th, 1898.
III. Charles McGill Smith, b. Nov. 30th, 1863, d.
July 12th, 1884.
IV. Katherine Stirling Smith, b. Aug. 11th, 1866,
d. May 28th, 1885.
V. Augustine Jacqueline Smith, b. March 1st, 1871
=Maria Bouligny, and have one son,
James Walton Smith, born Aug. 3d, 1900.
VI. James Walton Smith, b. Apr. 5 (Easter Sun-
day), 1874, d. Aug. 20, 1899.
VII. Archibald McGill Smith, b. in Franklin, La.,
Feb. 10th, 1877.
05 John Carey=Eppie Stirling, 7 ch., viz.:
I. Mary Ann, b. 1867=P. F. Clarke, of At-
lanta, in the banking business. Has four
daughters, viz. : 1, Peuelope ; 2, Frances;
3, Eppie Stirling ; 4, Joan Gary.
II. Catherine Stirling, b. 1868=Robert Collins, 1
child living, viz. : Lewis Collins, aged 10
years.
III. Paul Anthony Carey, b. 1870; is in Arizona.
IV. Gertrude, b. 1872, unm. ; an accomplished mu-
sician.
V. Louisa Carey, b. 1874— Charles Roberts, real
estate agent ; have one dau., Marie Roberts.
VI. Agnes Carey, b. 1875, unm. ; is a fine writer
and musician.
VII. Daniel John Carey, b. 1877 ; is a journalist and
newspaper reporter of some note in Atlanta,
Ga.
00 Mary Frances Stirling. Born 1843, married 1861,
Frederick Conrad Palfrey, who died in
1887. Issue:
224 Solomon and Ann (LIinton) Alston
1. Frederick C. Palfrey, Jr., b. 1862, d.
1867.
2. Lewis Stirling Palfrey, b. March 11th,
1861, m. Jan. 12th, 1892, to Roberta
Campbell, d. Feb. 14th, 1901. s. p.
3. William Taylor Palfrey, b. Feb. 24th,
1866.
4. Sidney Ann Palfrey, b. Feb. 1st, 1870,
m. Feb. 25th, 1892, to Leonidas Polk
Fitch, who d. Sept. 5th, 1901. Issue:
1. Leonidas Polk Fitch, Jr., b. Jan.
18th, 1893.
2. Allen Fitch, b. Apr. 19th, 1894.
3. Gladys Louise, b. Aug. 9th, 1896.
4. Harry Lee, b. Apr. 24th, 1898.
5. Sidney Palfrey, b. May 12th, 1900.
5. Elisabeth Stirling Palfrey, b. March 7th,
1872, married Joseph Gregg Dealy in
May, 1892. Issue:
1 . Frederick Gregg Dealy, b. J une 5th,
1893.
2. Sarah Elisabeth, b. Oct. 15th, 1894.
3. Marie Stirling, b. Apr., 1896.
4. Joseph Gregg, b. May 30th, 1898.
5. Lewis Palfrey, b.
(Were living in Galveston during the
storm of September, 1900.)
(Jonathan Ditch married the dau. of Thomas Metcalf,
Governor of Kentucky 1828-32. Their dau., Mary Jane
Ditch, b. 1816, m. in Feb., 1833, to James Jolls, b. 1806
and d. June 1868. Their dau., Louisa Maria, b. Dec. 2d,
1833, m. John B. Fitch, b. 1825. Their son, Leonidas
Polk Fitch (above) b. 1868, in Miss., died 1901, at Hous-
ton, Texas.)
and Their Descendants. 225
$4 Ruffin Gray Stirling ==Mary C. Cobb; 9 chil-
dren, viz :
(1) Lewis Gray, b. April 30, 1831 ; d. Oct. 1854.
(2) Sarah M., b. July 4, 1833; d. April, 1878
= W. D. Winter, St. Louis, Mo. Their son
Francis Winter (M. D.) is with the 37th
Regt., U. S. Army.
(3) Clarence, b. Mar. 6, 1836; d. July, 1849.
(4) Ruffin Gray, Jr., b. Feb. 1840; d. July, 1840.
(5) Ruffin Gray 3d, b. July 16, 1842; d. July,
1844.
(6) Mary A. b. April 27, 1845 ; d. Sept. 26,
1863.
(7) Stephen C. b. Dec. 20, 1847 = Amanda P.
Smith ; 5 ch. (q. V.)
(8) William R. b. April 27, 1850; d. August,
1886 =Julia Anna (dau. of J. Bowman
Stirling) ; 4 ch. (q. v.)
(9) Henry, b. Feb. 14, 1853=Zell, (dau. of
Thos. Polk, of Tennessee.) Their daughter,
Mary Ruffin Stirling, was b. Feb. 10, 1878.
Stephen C. Stirling=Amanda P. Smith, issue,
VIZ
(1) Nannie D. b. July, 1878.
(2) Mary Maud Stirling, b. Sept. 1879 ; m. Hon.
Wm. Richards Percy.
(3) John Bryson, b. April, 1881.
(4) Francis W. b. Sept, 1884.
(5) Jefferson Davis, b. Sept. 1890.
010 Andrew Skillman = Ann Stirling (Widow
Haynie). Issue :
(1) Anne Elisabeth, m. Calvin Smith Routh ;
issue:
15 ai
226 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
I. Andrew Skillman Routh, b. Jan. 12 ?
1842, m. Susan Wat-kins Dougherty,
of Georgia, and have 3 children, viz:
1. William Dougherty. 2. Ann Ma-
tilda. 3. Mary Henry Routh.
II. Anne Matilda Routh, b. June 8, 1843;
m. Captain Allen Thomas Bowie, and
have had 5 children, viz :
1. Allen Thomas Bowie, Jr., b. 25th
Sept., 1868 ; m. 7th June, 1898, in
Catahoula Parish, La., to Myra A.
Crossgrove, and have a daughter,
Anne Matilda Bowie.
2. Matilda Ruth Bowie, b. 30th Oct.,
1870, at Natchez; unm.
3. Adam Smith Bowie, b. 13th April
1872; d. 18th May, 1873.
4. Andrew Routh, b. 21st June, 1873 ;
d. 13th Dec, 1878.
5. Thomas Contee, b. 29th July, 1874 ;..
d. 1st August, 1874.
III. John Calvin Routh died 27th July, 186 3.
IV. Matilda Jane Routh, d. Jan. 27, 1861.
(2) Judge J. J. Noah married a daughter,
~^~ — (name not known.).
(3) Frank Skillman. (4) Sarah Skillman.
(5) Louisa Isabella Skillman, m. Mr. Lea,
issue :
1. Annie Lea, m. Salisbury.
2. Fannie Lea m. Col. Henry G.Hester,
of New Orleans, who has been secre-
tary of Cotton Exchange for 31 years.
3. Eunice Lea m. Stafford.
4. Isabel Lea m. Snodgrass.
5. Richard Henry Lea. 6. James Lea,
and Their Descendants. 227
It is to be regretted that complete records of this family
have not been obtained.
Job Routh was one of the earliest American settlers at
Natchez, and saw the stars and stripes float over the ram-
parts of Fort Panmure. His sons and daughters occu-
pied prominent places in the business and social circles of
Mississippi and Louisiana. His son, John Routh, known
as one of the largest, most liberal and successful cotton
planters of the South, in 1815, when the British menaced
New Orleans, hastened to her defense, and was a member
of the" Wilkinson Rifles, " a company raised in Natchez,
Miss., and died at the age of 76.
Calvin Smith Routh, who married Annie Elisabeth
Skillman, was the son of John Routh, and his son, Andrew
Skillman Routh, above mentioned, in 1861, enlisted in the
C. S. Army, as a private in Co. A., Wirt Adams' Cavalry
Regt. Soon afterward he was captured and during the
greater part of the war was kept a prisoner at Camp Mor-
ton or Fort Delaware. After the war he followed the
vocation of planter.
John Bowie, Sr., an immigrant from Scotland, was the
founder of the noted family of that name in America.
John Bowie was the father of Allen Bowie, Sr., whose son,
Judge (Captain) Fielder Bowie, was a member of the
Maryland Convention that ratified the Constitution of the
United States in 1788, and his son, Thomas Contee Bowie,
was father of Dr. Allen Thomas Bowie, a native of Prince
George County, Maryland, and died at Natchez Sept. 12,
1872. This Dr. Bowie m. Matilda Jane Routh (sister of
Calvin Smith Routh) and were the parents of Captain
Allen Thomas Bowie who is now Circuit Clerk of Adams
County, Miss., and resides in Natchez with his two living
children. Capt. Bowie is also a great-grandson of Rob-
ert Bowie, governor of Maryland 1803-6, and 1811-12,
228 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
whose father William, and his brother, Walter, were
a mong the signers of the Association of the Freemen of
Maryland, in July, 26th, 1775, Walter being also a mem-
ber of the Maryland convention of 1776, which framed
the Constitution of the State. They were among the first
to join u The Old Maryland Line " at the opening of the
American Revolution. Captain Bowie (b. Aug. 17, 1840)
was sentto college at Chapel Hill, N. C, and would have
graduated in June, 1861, but when the war commenced he
hastened to enlist as a private in Co. A, Wirt Adams' Cav-
alry Regiment. By successive promotions he was at
length assigned to duty as A. A. General with rank of
Captain upon the staff of Brig, Gen'l Wirt Adams.
Alter the suspension of hostilities he was paroled, and
returning to his old home, Lake St. Joseph, engaged in
planting. Ann Matilda Routh, whom he married, was the
widow of Henry Jordan Marshall, to whom she had been
married Dec. 20th, I860, by Rt. Rev. Leonidas Polk, D.D.,
Bishop of Mississippi and upon marrying Capt. Bowie
the ceremony was performed by Rt. Rev. J. P. B.Wilmer,
D. D., Bishop of Louisiana.
John Stirling m. 1820 Edith Lilly. He died young
and his widow afterwards married Senator Green,
subsequently of California. Two children were
born to them, viz :
(1) Eunice Stirling, who 1st married Forster and
2d Isaac Hudson Boatner; issue:
Dr. Elias Stirling Boa tner= Olivia
Berwick and removed to Texas where he
died at Victoria in 1897-8, leaving issue:
1. Olivia Boatner who m. Francis Mayo.
2. Eunice, unm.
3. Hudson Boatner, m., wife's name
unkuown.
4. Burton Boatner. 5. Sadie Boatner.
and Their Descendants. 229
Berwick's Bay in Louisiana, was named for the father of
the above Olivia Berwick.
(2) Sarah Edith Stirling m. Mark Boatner, 3
ch. viz :
1. Edith Lilly Boatner= Christopher V.
Haile, of New OrleanSj who for
many years was superintendent of
the Carrollton R. R. Company, and
one of the first promoters of the
electric street car railway system of
that city. He left a daughter Clarisse,
living with her mother, and a son,
Hudson B. Haile, in Texas.
2. Charles J. Boatner m. in 1870 Fannie
Mayo, dau. of Judge O. Mayo, a
prominent lawyer and jurist of Lou-
isiana. He has been an active par-
ticipant in Louisiana politics since
the beginning of reconstruction.
Served as State Senator in 1876-7
and 12 years as congressman from
the 5th Louisiana district. He is
now living and practicing his pro-
fession in New Orleans. Issue :
I. Mark M. Boatner was a gradu-
ate of the Virginia Military
Institute. Held a commis-
sion as Major iu Artillery in
Cuban war and is also a law-
yer in New Orleans.
II. Stirling S. III. Orin Mayo.
IV. Charles J. Boatner, Jr.
3. John Stirling Boatner m. 1st. Deborah
J. Mayo, dau. of Judge Mayo ; issue
3 ch., viz :
230 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
1. John Stirling. 2. Charles
Mayo. 3. Deborah S. Boatner.
His wife d. in California August 1,
1887, and he married March 14,
1894, to Martha Dulant ; issue:
4. Dunbar Stirling. 5. Shir-
ley Alston and 6. Sarah Stir-
ling Boatner.
John Stirling Boatner was left an orphan at 16 with
nothing but his own unaided efforts to depend upon. He has
served two terms as State Senator and is now practicing
law in Vidalia, La.
5 William Alston was a member of the Committee
of Safety for Halifax county that met December 21, 1774.
Afterwards we find him in Lincoln county (then Tryon),
and was a member from that county of the Provincial
Congress that met at Hillsboro August 21, 1775, and of
the Constitutional Convention that met at Halifax Novem-
ber 12, 1776.
The Provincial Congress that met at Halifax in April,
1776, appointed him lieutenant-colonel of the 3d regiment
of Continental troops, with Jethro Sumner colonel and
Samuel Lockhart major. In this capacity he served until
October 25, 1777, when he resigned. After the Revolu-
tion he removed with his family to Elbert county, Ga.,
where he died, 1810. He married, 1774, his cousin
Charity, the daughter of James Alston and Christian
Lillington(5. v.)., a woman of great personal beauty, whose
courage was tested during the trying days of the Revolu-
tion. The issue of this marriage were, viz.:
25 I. James Alston = Catherine Hamilton. Issue,
and Their Descendants. 231
26 II. William Hinton = Elizabeth Rucker. Issue,
(q. v.).
III. Philip Henry=Mrs. Woolfolk nee Winn (s. p.),
IV. Solomon Alston left home and was never after-
wards heard from.
V. George died early in life and unmarried.
27 VI. Mary — Captain James O. Clark of Virginia.
Issue (q. v.).
VII. Elisabeth Alston= Thompson.
VIII. Christian (Kittie) Alston d. unm.
IX. Nancy Alston= J. Minor Tate of Georgia, and
their daughter Charity Tate=John Alston,
son of Nathaniel and Gilly (Yancey) Alston,
and left large family (q. v.).
X. Sallie Alston=Thornas Chambers.
James Alston, of Abbeville, S. C, was born November
16, 1774, and died 1850. He served as major under Gen-
eral Jackson in the Florida war, and was married in 1824
to Catherine Hamilton, daughter of Major Andrew Ham-
ilton, whose parents were Archibald and Frances (Cal-
houn) Hamilton, both natives of Ireland. Major Hamil-
ton's wife was born in Pennsylvania.
I here subjoin the following from the pen of W. P.
Calhoun :
A Sketch of Major Andrew Hamilton, of the Revolution.
[Correspondence of the Daily Register.]
Not long since I undertook to mention some of the
famous men of Abbeville, past and present, and in doing
so I failed to mention Major Andrew Hamilton. While
he was not born here, we claim him as ours, since he de-
voted his life to our county and the interests of South
Carolina. Major Hamilton was born in Augusta county,
Virginia, in 1741. He married Jane McGara of the
232 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
same county and State. Shortly after his marriage he
came to South Carolina with General Andrew Pickens,
and they cast their lot in this county together. By his
energy, perseverance aud pluck Major Hamilton did much
toward the development of this section and the building
up of our town. According to Rev. George Harris's his-
tory of the Presbyterian Church of South Carolina, Gen-
eral Pickens and Major Hamilton were about the first
elders of Upper Long Cane Church. This is, I think, the
oldest church in the county and has quite an interesting
history.
Major Hamilton enlisted in the service of his country
in the Revolutionary war. He was first a lieutentant under
General Pickens, afterwards a captain and then a major,
and was in most of the important battles of South Caro-
lina and Georgia. His life was a long and eventful one.
He died on the 17th day of January, 1835, in the ninety-
fifth year of his age. His wife died on April 20, 1826,
in her eighty-sixth year. Both are buried in Upper Long
Cane cemetery. On the tomb of Major Hamilton is the
following inscription :
*' The name of Major Hamilton is connected with almost
the whole of the Revolutionary history of the upper
country of South Carolina."
He left a large family, and among his descendants may
be mentioned Dr. Andrew Simonds, of Charleston ; Mrs.
Catherine Parker and Mrs. Waties, of Columbia ; Mrs.
Harriet Ravenel, of Charleston ; Mrs. Edward Parker, of
Abbeville; Dr. A. B. Calhoun's wife, of Newnan, Ga. ;
Dr. A. W. Calhoun, of Atlanta, and the late Dr. Ephiram
Calhoun, of Greenwood ; also the Alstons and Cabells and
others.
While Major Hamilton appears to have only a tradi-
tional local fame, those here who remember him give him
a name for services to both Church and State that enti-
and Their Descendants. 233
ties him to a place in history. He was the able assistant
of General Pickens throughout the Revolutionary war. A
patriot he was, and he risked his life for the benefit of his
country. The memory of such men should not be allowed
to die out, and it is nothing but justice that he be given a
place in history among the patriots and defenders of our
land in the days of the Revolutionary war.
Great-grandfather of Andrew Simonds.
Great-great-grandfather of:
Andrew Simonds.
John Calhoun Simonds.
Louis De'Saussure Simonds.
Sarah Simonds.
Also the following taken from the Charleston News and
Courier:
The following memorial sketch of the life and character
of Mrs. Catherine Alston, aunt of Andrew Simonds, Esq.,
the president of the First National Bank of Charleston, is
taken from the Abbeville Medium :
Died on the 18th of November, 1877, at the residence
of her son-in-law, Colonel H. Coalter Cabell, in the city of
Richmond, Mrs. Catherine Alston, widow of the late Maj.
Jas. Alston, of Abbeville, S. C, and daughter of Maj.
Andrew Hamilton, of South Carolina, an officer of the
Revolutionary War. Her remains, in obedience to her
request, were brought to the town of Abbeville and on the
23d of that month were interred in the Presbyterian cem-
etery at Upper Long Cane Church.
Mrs. Alston was born Nov. 25, 1786, in the vicinity of
the town before it was established and resided here many
years. After the marriage of her only child and the death
of her husband, she removed to the city of Richmond and
resided with her daughter, Mrs. Cabell. It was a beauti-
234 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
ful tribute to this venerable lady by those who in former
years were her friends and neighbors, that her remains
were received and honored by impressive funeral services,
and then interred with fitting reverence and respect by the
whole community.
Mrs. Alston was descended from two of the oldest and
most honored families of Abbeville. Her father was a
Hamilton and her grandmother a Calhoun, names identi-
fied with that of South Carolina in all the eventful epochs
of her history. Both these families were of Scotch-Irish
descent, and possessed all their fierce patriotism, their tra-
ditional courage, their stern love of liberty, and their
grand religious convictions. These high qualities, toned
and softened, and shaded and tinted, were deeply embedded
in the character of Mrs. Alston. She was high-born,
high-bred, accomplished and refined, with a majestic pres-
ence and polished manners, a fine type of the old school of
Carolina ladies.
The marriage of her daughter in one of the most dis-
tinguished families of Virginia drew around her the pol-
ished and brilliant society of Richmond. But Abbeville
was still the home of her affections, and she never dis-
posed of the old homestead in which her conjugal life was
passed and her husband died. She reserved the spot by
the grave of her husband for her own resting-place, and
there she reposes.
Her father, Major Andrew Hamilton, and her husband,
Major James Alston, won their titles in the service of
their country, and the former filled high civil office.
The group in that peaceful abode in which Mrs. Alston
lies consists of her father, her mother, her husband and
herself.
$5 Major James Alston and Catherine, his wife, had
an only child, Jane, who married Colonel
and Their Descendants. 235
Henry Coalter Cabell, of Richmond,
Va., who distinguished himself as an artil-
lery officer in the Confederate army, and
died January 31st, 1889, honored and be-
loved by all who knew him. (For an ac-
count of his distinguished services see " Ca-
bell's and Their Kin" published by Alexan-
der Brown, D.C.L., from which valuable
work we make some extracts. ) They had
the following children, viz. :
I. Hon. James Alston Cabell, an attorney in
Richmond, who m. Ethel Hoyt Scott, of
New York, and had 3 children :
(1) Ethel Alston.
(2) Catherine Hamilton.
(3) James Alston who died in infancy.
Mr. Cabell graduated with distinction at
the University of Virginia in 1873. Was
chosen professor of chemistry in the Central
University of Kentucky, where he continued
for two years. Resigning that position after
two years, he subsequently applied himself
to the study and practice of law. He has
served as a member of the city council, as a
Representative in the State Legislature, as
W. Master of Metropolitan Lodge of A. F.
and A. M., President of the Virginia So-
ciety of the Cincinnati, and as Vestryman
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
II. Catherine Hamilton Cabell, who married
Hon. Herbert Augustine Claiborne, of
Richmond. Their children were :
(1) Jeanie Alston Claiborn, who died
in her 8th year.
(2) Herbert Augustine Claiborne, Jr.
(3) Hamilton Cabell Claiborne.
236 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
Mrs. Claiborne, from her high social posi-
tion, is well known for her interest in be-
nevolent enterprises. She has been Presi-
dent of the Society of Colonial Dames of
Virginia, and at this time is a Vice-Presi-
dent of the National order for the same so-
ciety. Her home in Richmond has many
valuable souvenirs in the way of old family
portraits and relics.
Mr. Claiborne is a lawyer by profession,
and was Captain in C. S. Army. He is a
son of H. A. Claiborne of King William Co.
and of Richmond, who was a member of the
Virginia Legislature ; also a soldier in the
war of 1812, and a lawyer. His great-great-
grandfather, Augustine Claiborne, was a
direct lineal descendant of William Clai-
borne, who was appointed by Charles I.
Secretary of State and Treasurer for Vir-
ginia, 1626-1642.
III. Henry Coalter Cabell graduated in 1883 at
West Point and assigned to 14th Infantry U.
S. A., Aide to Gen. John Gibbon; ap-
pointed regimental quartermaster of 14th
infantry in 1892; married at Portland, Ore-
gon, Emily Corbett Failing, dau. of Henry
Failing and Emily Corbett, a sister of U. S.
Senator Corbett, and descended from Roger
Corbett, a Norman, who went over to Eng-
land at the conquest.
IV. Julian Mayo Cabell completed his education
at the University of Virginia, where he also
graduated in medicine, 1886. He was ap-
pointed 1st lieutenant and ass't surgeon U.
S. A., April 14th, 1887, served in the field
and Their Descendants. 237
throughout the Sioux campaign, 1890-1891;
promoted captain and ass't surgeon U. S. A.,
April 14th, 1892.
V. Clarence Cabell, a graduate of the University
of Virginia; a law student at Harvard Col-
lege, Mass. ; a student at the Universities of
Paris and Leipsic.
26. II. William Hinton Alston was born in North
Carolina and came with his father soon after
the Revolution to Elbert Co., Ga., where he
married January 25th, 1820, to Elizabeth
Rucker. He afterwards removed to Co-
lumbus, Ga., where he died. Their children
were :
1. Elizabeth=William E. Dubose, of Enon,
Ala. Issue :
(1) Edwin Dubose=Clara Horah. He
was sergeant during the Confederate
war, in the company of which his uncle
Philip was captain, and in the battle
near Marietta, Ga., he was severely
wounded in the head, from the effects
of which he never fully recovered.
(2) Walter Dubose= Howard. Issue
1 child.
(3) Mary Eleanor Dubose— Perry Spen-
cer. Issue :
1. Bessie Spencer=Richard Massie.
2. Lillie Spencer— Leon Camp.
3. Edna Spencer, unm.
(4) Adelle Dubose=Donaldson Huff, and
have one son, Donaldson Huff.
Mr. Wm. E. Dubose removed his family
from Enon, Ala., to Columbus, Ga., some
years before the Confederate war.
238 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
2. Amanda Alston^Col. Edward S. Ott, of
Barbour Co., Ala. Issue :
(1) Annie Ott^Augustus H. Alston, of
Barbour Co., Ala., brother to Col. Robt.
A. Alston, aud for a number of years pro-
bate judge of that county. Issue :
1. Gussie Alston- Laurence Lee.
2. Edward Ott Alston, (of Richmond,
Va.)
3. Robt. 0. Alston, Att'y, (Atlanta, Ga.)
4. Louise Alston, unm.
5. Philip Alston.
6. Lizzie Drake Alston.
7. Wm. Ott Alston.
8. Augustus Alston.
(2) Lizzie Ott- James H. Drake, ot
Richmond, Va., who is descended from
the family of Jas. Drake, of Nash Co.,,.
whose fight with the Tories under Capt.
Beard in 1778, is fully described in
Wheeler's History (p. 274). Issue :
1. James Hodges Drake, Jr.
2. Edward Ott Drake.
3. Mary Flewellen Drake.
4. John C. Drake.
5. Amanda Alston Drake.
6. Nicholas Drake.
3. Mildred Alston— Dr. David Miller, of
Barbour Co., and died s. p.
4. Captain Philip James Alston, who served
as captain in the Confederate army, lived in
Columbus, Ga., and died s. p.
5. Charity Alston— John Tarver of Russell Co.,.
Ala., and died leaving no living issue.
and Their Descendants. 239
27 Capt. James O. Clark, of Virginia. =Mary Alston,
She died June 2d, 1871. They lived in El-
bert county, Georgia.
I. William Clark, d. s. p.
II. James Clark, d. s. p., in 1896, aged 90.
III. Charity Alston=John Tennant, of Abbe-
ville county, S. C Issue 9 children, viz. :
I. Mary Tennant=J. W. Caldwell, s. p.
II. O. T. Tennant, d. s. p.
III. HenryA.Tennant=Janie Moore.
Issue :
1. W. C. Tennant=Katie Kay.
2. Roy Tennant, died.
By 2d wife C. E. Blake. Issue.
3. C. B. Tennant.
4. M. C. Tennant.
5. H. A. Tennant.
6. L. E. Tennant.
7. Cornelia Tennant.
IV. John V.Tennant= and has 1 child..
V. W. C. Tennant, d. s. p.
VI. Wm. Littleton Tennant.
VII. Laura, d. unm.
VIII. Charlie, d. unm.
IX. Mattie, b. July 16th, 1845, d. Apr.
20th, l881=rOct. 17th, 1866, Capt.
William Baker. Issue :
1. James Oscar Baker, b. July 27th,
1867, living in Savannah, Ga.
2. John Tennant, b. Feb. 13th, 1870,
living in Brown county, Texas.
3. William Littleton, b. May 3d,
1872. d.
4. Warren Caldwell, b. March 6th,.
1874, Marion, S. C.
.240 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
5. Mary S., b. Apr. 1st, 1876, Mar-
ion, S. C.
6. Lillian Alston, b. Mch. 12th, 1878,
Florence, S. C.
7. Martha Lula Baker, b. March 13th,
1881, died 1881. i.
Capt. Wra, Baker m. 2d wife, Mrs.
Sarah A. Cheney, Feb. 8th, 1883,
who bore him :
8. David Gordon Baker, b. Feb. 8th,
1884.
IV. Elisabeth Wells Clark = Samuel L. Hill, of
Abbeville, S. C, and had six children.
1. Laura M. Hill=W. H. Lock-
wood, of Beaufort, S. C, and has
seven children.
2. Robert M. Hill=Mary Moore,
and has six children.
3. Ella Hill=Dr. Dula, and has
three children.
4. Preston H., 5. William H., and 6.
James A. Hill, are dead.
V. Catherine Linnington Clark = Charles
Henry Allen, of Abbeville, S. C, and had
six children.
1. Eliza Allen= McDowell,
and has nine children.
2. Dora Allen. 3. Mary Allen.
4. William Allen, married and has
two children.
5. Edward Allen. 6. Eugene Allen, d.
VI. Laura Clementine Clark=Rev. Henry M.
Mood, of Charleston, S. C. (son of Rev.
John Mood and Kittie McFarland). Issue:
and Their Descendants. 241
1. Kate (Catherine) = Stubbs,
and has three children.
2. Dr. Julius A. Mood, of Sumter, S.
C, m. and has four children.
3. Lulah Mood= Ingraham, and
has two children.
4. Sallie Mood= Badger, and
has children.
5. Preston Mood, died.
VII. Mary Louisa Celestia Clark=tJames M.
Carter, Elberton, Ga. Issue :
1. Annie E. Carter=Mc Alpine Ar-
nold, a wealthy merchant of El-
berton. She has recently died,
leaving four children, viz. :
1. Sarah Louisa, b. 1876=
Jaudon.
2. Julius Yancey, b. 1879.
3. Edna, b. 1882.
4. Carter Alston, b. 1886.
2. Georgia E. Carter=S. A. Thorn-
ton, Georgia.
3. Catherine Carter=S. Grubbs, Tex.
4. Leola Alston Carter=H. C. Mickle,
New York.
5. Florence Carter= Ella Speed, South
Carolina.
6. Yancey Carter=E. Saunders, Geor-
gia.
7. James Carter=M. Estes, Georgia.
No family record of last six.
VIII. Sarah Lavinia Virginia Clark= John Will-
cox, of Marion, S. C, b. May 15th, 1815, d.
May 1st, 1890. Issue :
I. William Willcox, d. in infancy.
16 al
242 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
II. James Carter Willcox, b. Nov.
21st 1857, d. Mch.31st, 1895.=Dec.
7th, 1882, Annie Milling. Issue :
1. John Whitfield, b. Sep. 5th, 1883.
2. Henry Edward, b. Apr. 16th, 1886,
d. July 9th, 1888.
3. Elisabeth Alston, b. Jany. 16th,
1888.
4. James Haskell, b. Sep. 18th, 1889.
III. Henry M. Willcox, b. Nov. 10th,
1858, married Feb. 12th, 1890,
Benie McIver Law, b. Mch. 2d,
1868. He is a hardware merchant
of Marion, S. C. Issue :
1. Henry M., b. Nov. 18th, 1890, d.
in infancy.
2. Junius Law, b. Apr. 15th, 1892.
3. James Carter, b. Jany. 13th, 1895.
4. John McIver, b. Nov. 9th, 1898.
IV. Clark Allen Willcox, b. June 9th,
1861=March 9th, 1877, Minnie A.
Moore, b. Nov. 10th, 1860. Issue :
1. Alston Willcox, b. Dec. 18th, 1887
2. Genevieve, b. May 21st, 1890.
3. Laurie, b. Nov. 7th, 1892.
4. Clark A., b. Feb. 10th, 1896.
5. William Cook, b. Aug. 27, 1898.
V. Edward Tyson Willcox, b. Oct.
10th, 1865=Oct. 27th, 1881, Alice,
Buck, b. Apr. 5th, 1869. Issue :
1. Alice Buck Willcox, b. Feb.
18th, 1893.
2. Infant, Apr. 7th, 1899.
VI. Philip Alston Willcox, b. Dec. 8th
1866.
and Their Descendants. 243
6 Jesse Hunter= Ann Alston. (After the Revolution
this family went to Georgia) . Issue :
I. Phillip.
II. Elisha.
III. Alston, (and probably others — no further record
of them.)
IV. Ruth, b. Sept. 24th, 1764 ; d. 1826 ; m. June
17th, 1784, to William Greene, b. Aug.
3d, 1764; d. Dec. 13th, 1819. Will pro-
bated Jan. 3d, 1820. He was Captaia of a
military company in Georgia. Issue :
89 I. Lemuel, b. March 29th, 1785 = 1st. Ann Mer-
ritt. Issue : (q. v.)
= 2d. Eliza Coleman. 2 children.
40 II. Sarah Hunter, b. June 12th, 1786 = 1st. Doug-
las Watson. Issue (q. v.)
= 2d. Drury Towns. 3d. Col. John Mer-
cer. No record.
4.1 III. Alston Hunter, b- March 31st, 1788 = Cynthia
Clay. Issue : (q. v.)
42 IV. Nancy, b. Oct. 14th, 1 790= William Fitzpatrick.
Issue : (q. v.)
V. Nathaniel, b. April 28th, 1793; d. Dec. 21st, 1798.
VI. William, b. Sept. 22d, 1795.
48 VII. Augustine = 1st. Phoebe Burlse. Issue: (q. v.).
= 2d. Mrs. Baldwin, and 3d. Miss Fisher.
No record.
VIII. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 17th, 1799 = Sledge.
No records.
44 IX. Phillip Hunter, b. Sep. 27th, 1800 = 1825 to
Mildred Washington Stanford. Issue: (q. v.).
X. Ruth Hunter, b. Feb. 26th, 1804 =
and her dau. Ruth Hunter Marlin (age 78)
lives in Brunswick, Ga.
•j 1 1 Solomon u?d Ann (Hinton) Alston
:•':> LkmVKI Gkkknk Ann MbRRXTT. 6 oh. vil
(1) lvtM»j:ni\iM. (2) Hamilton, (8) Augustin,
(4) Emily, (6) Caroline. (6) Mary.
DOUQ] IS "WAT80H S\k\ii lliMTi; GREENE, < r >
\\) .lessee. (2) Lemuel. (3) Oliver.
(4) Berth, (5) Rath.
A i BTOH Hi n in; QrEENI CYS nil \ BARRETT, net
C] ay, sister to Gov, Clemenl Comer City,
of Alabama, [ssue i I oh, via,
^n Clement Comer Clay Greene
1 1 oh, {q, *). (2) Mary, (3) Delia, and
(4) William Greene. No reeonls.
Cl I'Mi'M COMRB Cl ay GREEN! Mvky P. GoOD«
win. 8 oh», in. 2d, Louise Wilson, 3 oh,,
vi
(1) tasroN Hunter Greene Mary L. Hun-
nut rr. 8 oh, \
l. Edgar L. 2. Fannie L., and 3, Cal-
vin C. Greene,
(2) WniiAM Danxbi Greene Mrs, Ed*
mom a I.. H kRNEi . 9 oh. via,
i. Evelyn c*.. and 2. Carl Elkin Greene,
(3) Julia E.
(4) Clement C. Greene, Jr., Mao Rhodes.
(6) Allison N.
(C>) Anna B. Forrest fiJ>Ais (Atlanta). 1
oh. vi
i. Eliaabeth, 2. Frank. 8. Forrest,
and 4. Robin Adair.
^7 ^ Mary F. Gkougk L\ llowi IN©, 8 oh,
vii
i. Hugh, and 2. Mary F. Rowland.
<'), Eds* Earl (10) I 111, H
/,'/, Wli Z ' ■ >.. O'.h. | I
(1) Both, .. / :, Mary.
(4) Ben /
£? A.U0 ' Phozbe i>- . . /
(I) William. (2) Lemuel I
(4) Sarah, (0) Ajnofeftta, r -
£4 Philip Hithtei G Milehed w,
M, If abt Elizabeth
viz. :
J. Philip. 2. r
4. A'J» Aotrey J>rary.
J 4 Ait-
]. Melvin, je.
; r a trie -
4. A&fe V.VJ.
I ria.
; ] . ma pj
U A Df >r chiJd.-
; : . . •
ariea Mai lory Greene.
rup H v. : eb.
1. J. L .;/.
2. Ann Alston
K:
246 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
3. Euth= Robert Smith, of South Caro-
lina. Issue : viz. :
(1) Joseph Watson Smith = Charlotte
Whitfield, and have 1 son, J. W.
Smith, Jr.
(2) Mary Ann E. Smith == Felix
Noble Tarrant, and have 4 dau.
{q.v.).
(3) John Springs Smith, educated at
Amherst College. Adjutant 20th
Alabama Regiment, C. S. A d. s. p.
(4.) Sarah Smith = Holman.
Their children live in Mississippi
and Texas.
Felix Noble Tarrant = Mary Ann E.
Smith. 4 dau. viz. :
(1) Julia Ann Tarrant = J. C
Willams. Issue: 6 sons (names
not given) and 2 dau. Julia = Alfred
Glover, 6 ch. ; and Mary Smith
Williams, unm,
(2) Mary Tarrant = Ware, and
died without issue.
(3) Ruth Smith Tarrant = Col. J. C.
Bush. 6 ch. (q. v.)
(4) Felix N. Tarrant=J. C. Reynolds,
of Washington City. 3 ch. {q.v.).
Col. J. C. Bush = Ruth Smith Tarrant.
6 ch. viz. :
(1) T. G. Bush (Wholesale Shoe Mer-
chant). (2) Felix Tarrant Bush,
d. unm.
and Their Descendants. 247
(3) Curtis Bush, Jr., Cotton Factor,
with his father.
(4) Miss S. A. Bush, (5) Ruth Bush,
and (6) Marie Mcintosh Bush,
are unm.
J. C. Reynolds = Felix N. Tarrant. 3 ch.
viz. :
(1) Mary Felix Reynolds, a highly
cultured vocalist ; unm.
(2) Ruth Reynolds, d. unm.
(3) Harriet Hosmer Reynolds, now at
Judson Female College.
General Edwin Davie King was born at White Plains,
Greene County, Ga. He served as general in the war of
1812, and afterward removed to Marion, Ala., where he
owned a large estate, and took a very active part in the
organization and establishment of the Judson Female Col-
lege (Baptist), and was first President of its Board of Trus-
tees. He first married Nancy Alston Hunter and had 9
ch. He married second Mrs. Ann Gaillard, dau. of
Robert West and Henrietta (Greene) Alston, who bore
him no children. His children were:
1. Judge Porter King, who married, first, Jones, sec-
ond, Callie Lumpkin of Athens, Ga., dau. of
Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin. The late Hon.
Porter King, of Atlanta, was their son.
2. William Douglass King= Miss Tait; issue.
3. Sarah E. King=John Gorea, 7 ch., Marion, Ala.
4. Margaret E. King=Joseph T. Lumpkin. Their
son, Joseph H. Lumpkin, has been Sheriff of
Dallas County, and is now Tax Assessor.
Their dau. Judson = Bressie, and died,
leaving a dau., Margaret.
248 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
5. Mary Louisa King=W. W. Lumpkin.
6. Annie Judson King=J. L. DeYamport of Ar-
kansas.
Elisha Hunter of Greene County, Ga.,=
Children :
1. Rebecca=Shackleford, and died in 1900 in
Lexington, Ga. Her son is editor of Lexington
Echo.
2. Miriam=Tora Randall and moved west.
3. Nancy = Fitzpatrick.
4. Mary= Lewis Callaway. Their family lived near
McDonough, Ga.
5. Sparks Hunter=Ann Rawls. They lived in
Greene County, Ga., and he died just before the
war.
6. Alston Hunter born in 1808 and d. 2d of Au-
gust, 1848 in Coosa County, Ala. He was a
Baptist preacher, and moved to Alabama in
1834.
7. William A. Hunter was born 16th April, 1802,
and died 13th January, 1885, in Chambers
County, Ala. His first wife was a Miss Still-
well. He also was a Baptist preacher, and re-
moved to Alabama in 1834. He has a gr. son,
Joseph Hunter, who is also a Baptist preacher,
and lives in Lafayette, Ala.
Edward Jones* = Abigail Shugan, who is said to
have been the first white woman that ever crossed
Shocco Creek, and how well qualified she was to act
her part is clealy manifested in the character and
record of her numerous descendants. Of her issue
we have only a limited list.
*The Warren county Jones came from King and Queen county,
Va., and settled on Shocco Creek.
and Their Descendants^ 249
*p-
•
1. Shugan Jones= Issue
Edmund Jones=Rachel Alston
James Jones^Charity Alston
Drewry Jones = /
Samuel Jones = /
Nancy Jones and Molly Jones.
2. Priscilla JoNES=lst, Gideon Macon, 2d,
James Ransom, both of Virginia. For issue
see elsewhere.
3. Sallie Jones= Seawell.
4. Obedience Jones. /
5. James Jones. /^'
6. Edward Jones=lst, Hill; 2d, widow ;
d. 1720, Chowan county (see Gen'l Reg, p. 65.)
7. Rebecca Jones=
8. Daniel Jones=Mary Howze, gr. parents of Dan-
iel R. Goodloe.
9. Robert Jones= Widow Christmas, nee Nannie
Duke. Issue :
1. Nancy Jones=Bishop John Early,
2. Sallie Jones=Rev. John Glenn.
3. Betsy Jones=Robert Jones, of Halifax
county.
4. Dr. Thomas Jones=Tempie Boddie Wil-
liams, who after his death =Dr. Calvin
Jones (q. v.)
5. William Duke Jones=Mary Speed, of Vir-
ginia,* and of their children:
1. Joseph Speed Jones=Lucy Pettway,
2d child of Mark Harwell Pettway,
and of their children :
*Mary Speed is descended from a recorded line of ancestry both
in America and England to John Speed, of England, who was
born at Farrington in the county of Cheshire in the year 1552. He
died in 1629, and is buried in the chancel of the Church of St.
Giles, Cripplegate, London. A monument bearing an inscription
250 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
Mark Pettway Jones and J. B. W.
Jones successively married Nan-
nie T. Jones, daughter of Alpheus
Jones=Lizzie Price (q. v.)
2. Howard F. Jones.
Issue of
7 Charity Alston=James Jones.
This James Jones, the son of Shugan Jones (War-
ren county), was appointed Ap. 22d, 1776, Captain
of Light Horse, Company 3d, with Cosimo Madacy,
Lieutenant, and James Armstrong, Cornet.
He was also a member of the State Senate from
Wake county in 1777. He died prior to Septem-
ber, 1777, as will appear from his will, which was
written 10th Mar., 1775, but not probated until
Sept., 1777.
The witnesses were Major Pollard (Jurat) and
Thomas Hines ; Executors, wf. Charity Jones,
brother, Edmund Jones, and James Alston, son of
Solomon Alston. His children were :
1. Mary Jones.
2. Priscilla Jones, mentioned in Solomon Al-
ston's will.
3. Willis Jones.
4. Rachel Jones, who afterwards married Ralph
Banks.
5. Thomas Jones.
6. James Jones.
in Latin was erected and still stands over his grave. In the same
church the remains of John Milton were afterwards laid. John
Speed was noted as a historian, geographer and antiquarian ; his
works are among the most valuable and reliable in their line in
English literature.
and Their Descendants. 251
7. Captain Solomon Jones, who was probably-
born in 1777, after his father's death, as there
is no mention of him in will. He served as
Captain under Gen'l Andrew Jackson and
married Christian Charity Alston, daughter
of John, the eldest son of James and Christian
Alston. His daughter, Priscilla, m. John
Stoddard, an extensive planter on Duck River
in Maury county, Tenn.; for issue (q. v.) :
Col. D. Jones, son of Solomon, was Colonel
in the Mexican war, and State Senator in Ten-
nessee. He had also a brother, Wm. Alston
Jones, and 3 sisters, viz.: Priscilla, Martha
and Mary Jones.
Solomon Jones also had 3 half-sisters, viz.:
Charity Alston, Betsy Alston and Rachel
Alston
Note. — There has been an emigration of this entire
family of Jones from North Carolina to Georgia, Tennessee
and elsewhere, many of whom are now residing in Maury
county.
£9 Issue of Priscilla Jones=John Stoddard:
I. Dr. William Johnson Stoddard q. v. issue.
II. Joseph Stoddard.
III. Felix Stoddard.
IV. Alabama= — Skelton.
V. Mary, and VI. Martha, are unm. in Arkansas.
Dr William Johnson Stoddard was colonel in the
Confederate army and towards the close of the war served
in the Commissary Department. He was from Maury
county, Tenn., to which place his ancestors had emigrated
from North Carolina, but was living at Huntsville at the
breaking out of the war. He died in Selma, Ala., April
30th, 1899, aged 77 years. Was three times married.
252 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
1st. To Miss Hogan, who bore him one son, viz.:
Dr. J. T. Stoddard, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, who
married Annette Mathews and have 2 children.
2d. To Mary Wooldridge, who bore him one
daughter, Bettie, who married Dr. Cook, of
Omaha, and has 1 daughter, Margie, who married
— Harrison, of Selma, Ala.
3d. To Elisabeth Rebecca Meyers, of Lowndes
county, Ala. Issue :
I. Edward Stoddard.
II. Pearl= — Dunklin, of Selma, and has
1 son,
III. Maud= — Rosser and has 3 children.
IV. Manie, unm.
The above notes of Solomon Jones and John Stoddard's
family were furnished by Dr. Wm. Johnson Stoddard, of
Selma, Ala.
BANKS.
Miles and John Banks were members of the Virginia
Company in 1620.
In 1632 Charles I. issued a commission appointing a Coun-
cil of Superintendence over Virginia, empowering them
to ascertain the state and condition of the colony. Among
the 23 names given, John Banks, Esq., is the 16th.
Others came to Virginia afterwards, viz. : Henry, James,
Thomas. We also find William and others in the 17th
century. We are unable now to connect certainly the
family of Thomas Banks of Granville county, N. C, with
any of these, yet it is very probable that he was either a
son or a grandson of William Banks of King and Queen
county, Va., who died 1709.
Record from the family Bible of Ralph Banks — Chil-
and Their Descendants. 253.
dren of Thomas Banks by his 1st wife, Sarah Chandler
Banks :
I. Richard Banks, born August 23d, 1744.
II. Thomas Banks, born November 25th, 1747.
III. Sallie Chandler Banks, born June 4th, 1746.
By his 2d wife, Bettie White, married August
22d, 1748.
28 IV. Ralph Banks, born October 21st, 1757; died
August 24th, 1824.
V. Betty Banks, born February 21st, 1761 ; died
November 17th, 1764.
VI. Dunstan Banks, born May 26th, 1763.
VII. William Banks, born February 2d, 1769.
30 VIII. James Banks, born August 4th, 1770.
IX. John Banks, born April 7th, 1774.
By his 3d wife, Susannah Pretty, married
March 12th, 1786.
X. Thomas Banks, born December 23d, 1788.
Thomas Banks, father of above children, died Sunday,
June 28th, 1789.
Ralph Banks removed from Granville county, N.C.,.
to Elbert county, Ga., with his father, December 25th,
1785. On November 27th, 1788, he married:
28 Rachel Jones, dau. of James Jones=Charity Alston,
and grand-dau. of Solomon Alston, Sr. = Nancy
Hinton. They had 14 children (q. v.)
30 His brother, James Banks, married Charity Alston,
dau. o± James Alston=Grizel (Gilly) Yancy, dau.
of Jeconias Yancey=Ann Alston, nee Kimbrough.
They had 9 children (q. v.)
28 Ralph Banks= Rachel Jones, 14 ch., viz:
81 I. Thomas Alston, b. Dec. 19th, 1789=Mary^
Chipman, (q. v.)
254 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
31\ II. Willis, b. Apr. 23d, 1791=Miss Oliver. They
lived at Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Columbus, Miss.
3°2 III. James Jones, b. Apr. 5th, 1792=Hannah
Alston, (q. v.)
S3 IV. Sallie, b. June 5th, 1793=Edward Sims,
(q. v.)
34. V. Richard, b. Oct. 23d, 1791= Martha Butt,
(q. v.)
35 VI. Ralph, b. Apr. 6th, 1796=Elisabeth Max-
well, (q. v.)
36 VII. John, b. Oct, 27th, 1797=Sarah Watkins,
(q.v.)
37 VIII. Mary J., b. Sept. 10th, 1799= 1st, Dr. Jones;
2d, John Napier, (q. v.)
a IX. Dunstan, b. Dec. 10th, 1800=Lucretia Webb,
and lived and died at Columbus, Miss., (q. v.)
38 X. Priscilla, b. Oct. 3d, 1802= Moses Butt,
(q. v.)
b XI. Henry, b. Nov. 2d, 1804=Miss Oliver of
Elbert Co., and lived and died at Hernando,
Miss., (q. v.)
c XII. Lemuel, b. May 22, 1806=:Louisa Tate (q. v.),
and lived near Hernando, Miss.
XIII. Elbert, b. Jan. 8th, 1810, died while young.
XIV. Marion, b. June 23d, 1813, d. unm.
The first annual Conference of the M. E. Church that
was ever held in Georgia is said to have met in Elbert
county at the house of Ralph Banks and his wife, Rachel,
who carefully instilled into the minds of their children the
true principles of a genuine Christianity.
SO Chaeity Alston=James Banks (son of Thomas
Banks=Bettie White). Issue :
I. James Alston Banks=Milly Oliver.
Issue, 1 son, William C. Banks, a lawyer,
and Their Descendants. 255
d. s. p., resided in Darien, Ga. After the
death of her husband, Milly Oliver Banks=
Charles Merriwether and moved to Missis-
sippi.
II. Nathaniel Banks= Caroline Hughes, of
Abbeville. Their dau., Mary E. Banks=
Charles Arnold and moved to Louisiana.
III. Thomas Banks= Arnold and lived in
Coweta county, Ga.
IV. Caroline Banks= William Arnold and also
lived in Coweta county. The Arnolds were
a wealthy family and all farmers.
V. Gilly Yancey Banks= Bedford Harper,
of Elbert county, Ga., and had 3 children,
viz.:
(1) William James Harper= Fannie
Dorrough, dau. of Col. Dorrough,
and gr. dau. of Joseph Rucker. They
lived at Hartwell, Hart county, Ga.
Their children were :
1. Richard Harper.
2. Anna Harper.
3. William;Harper=GenevieDean.
4. Lizzie Harper= — — Dendy.
5. Thomas Harper=Mattie Moon.
6. Sallie Harper.
7. Alston Calhoun Harper.
(2) Charity Harper never married.
(3) Martha Eleanor Harper= George
Erskine Heard, of Elberton, Ga.,
and left 3 children.
1. Bedford Harper Heard=Ida
Lanier McCalla.
2. Tho mas Jefferson Heard= Willie
Sondidge.
256 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
3. Emma Banks Heard=Dr. N. G.
Long.
After the death of his wife, Erskine Heard married
Caroline Calhoun, of Abbeville. His father was Thomas
Heard, whose 2d wife was Mrs. Elisabeth Yancey Arnold
(nee Groves), s. p.
VI. Hannah Banks= Florance M. Oliver. Their
son James Oliver was major in the Confed-
erate army, and lawyer in Tallapoosa co.,
Ala.
VII. Francis Asbury Banks=rSidney Skidmore,
and had several children.
VIII. Martha Banks— Thomas Crawford (sou of
Thomas Crawford and Elisabeth Alston),
her cousin, and lived in Greene county, Ga.
She died during the war, leaving a large
family, (q. v.) (See Crawford family.)
IX. Emily Sarah Banks =Colonel Dorrough.
(See above), s. p.
SI Thomas Alston Banks=Mary Chipman, lived
and died in Elbert County, Ga. Their children
were :
I. Elbert=Fannie Peurifoy, and their issue
were:
1. Thomas Caswell Banks=Eppie Blood-
worth.
2. George Banks= Fannie Rudisill.
Issue, Elbert and John.
3. Mary= Walter Floyd. Issue, 1
Bessie, 2 Lucy, 3 Fannie, 4 Jane Floyd.
4. John Banks= Alice White. Issue,
1 Mary, 2 Elbert, 3 Effie Banks.
II. Ralph BANKS=lst Miss Pritchard; issue,
Thomas Banks and Pike Banks ;= 2d Miss
and Their Descendants. 257
Davis ; issue, 1 Kate, 2 Ralph, and 3 John
Banks; =3d Miss Stephens.
III. Richard BANKS=lst Fannie Green; issue :
1. Mary Ella=Ben Turner; issue, 1
Banks Turner, 2 Lillie Turner, 3 Ben
Miluer Turner, 4 Charles Gainer Turner,
and 5 Win. Randolph Turner.
2. William Alston Banks= Fannie
White ; issue :
1. James=:Elsie Dumas; issue, 1 dau.,
, Elsie.
2. Vallie=:Flewellyn; issue, William
Flewellyn.
3 Lula, 4 Oliver, 5 Ben, and 6 Mattie
Banks.
By 2d wf. Rebecca Horton:
1. Lucy Frances=Henry Price.
2. Richard Elbert Banks.
IV. Mary Lou Banks=John Stephens; issue :
1. Pearl Stepheus.
2. Ralph Stephens:=Mattie Alex-
ander ; issue : John, Lemuel, Mattie,
Pearl.
3. Elbert Stephens,
4. William Stephens.
Sl\ Willis Banks m. 1st Mary Winfrey Oliver; 2d
Mary Gray ; issue :
1. Mary Winfrey, who m. General Jephtha V. Har-
ris of Columbus, Miss.
2. Thomas Gray Banks m. Mary Waldron.
3. James Oliver Banks of Columbus, Miss., m. 1st
Martha Coleman, 2d Lucy Young; issue:
1. Mary Gray m. 1st Fernandis Pope and
had 1 son; 2d Hamden Osborne.
17 al
258 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
2. Willis Banks m. Jennie Dunlap, have 1 ch.
3. James O. Banks m. Julia Coleman of Eutaw r
Ala., and have 6 children.
4. Francis, died young.
32 James Jones Bakns= Hannah Alston, lived in El-
bert County and afterwards in Monroe County, Ga.,
and lastly in Enon, Ala., where they both died.
James J. Banks was a farmer by occupation, and accum-
ulated a valuable estate. He was noted for his strict in-
tegrity, uprightness of character and piety, in which re-
spects his children all followed in the footsteps of their
parents. After the death of his wife Hannah, James J.
Banks married a second time, but had no issue by 2d wife.
His children were :
I. Jasper Galenius Banks, d. unm. at Enon in
1843.
II. Jabez Benoni Banks=Jane Harvey, dau. of
William Harvey in 1840. They lived at Enon,
and afterwards at Hurtsboro, Ala., where he
died 189 — . Issue:
1. William Harvey= Lou Rogers, 1867,
and their daught. Nona= Leigh Andrews
in 1895.
2. Sarah Frances=Dr. C. H. Franklin
in 1870, and have issue: 1. Charles and
2. Loula Franklin.
3. Loula Jane=Dr. C. H. Franklin after
the death of her sister, Sarah Frances, and
have issue, 3 John, 4 Jerome, 5 Jane, 6
James, 7 Higgs, and 8 William Franklin.
They reside at Union Springs.
4. James Jones Banks=1887 Lee Frazer,
and is now, 1897, Judge of the City Court
and Their Descendant;?. 259
of Birmingham, Ala. Their children are
Frazer and James Jones Banks.
III. Dr. Newton Paley Banks= Fannie Jernigan
of Enon, Ala.
Dr. Newton Paley Banks was born ia Elbert County,
Georgia, September 24, 1824, and died in Opelika, Ala.,
May 1, 1901. When quite small he removed to Culloden,
Ga., in 1844 to Enon, Ala., thence in later life to Colum-
bus, Ga., and then, in February, 1898, to Opelika, Ala.
Strong, vigorous, energetic as a boy, he early developed
a keen business perception, and often when only ten or
twelve years old was sent to Macon, Ga., to market cot-
ton, returning with the proceeds of the sale in a belt tied
around his waist, being compelled to camp at night, re-
turning home the next day.
The inflexible principles of upright living were early in-
stilled into little Newton, which afterwards developed into
the rounded Christian character of Dr. Banks.
On the 16th of January, 1851, he married Frances A. Jer-
nigan, who proved indeed a true helpmate.
He was kind to his negroes, all of whom loved him, and
up to a few years ago he provided, without remuneration,
for one of his old servants, until he too passed to the
heavenly home.
After the close of the war he built a log school-house on
his place for the negroes, probably the first built in Alabama
after the war by an ex-slaveholder for the education of ne-
groes. He made a careful study of the Bible, and mani-
fested special interest in church work, being always con-
nected with the Sunday-school either as superintendent or
teacher, and ready to respond liberally to every call for
benevolent and Christian enterprise or charity.
Uncompromising honesty and faithful conscientious dis-
charge of duty were the ruling principles that governed his
actions.
260 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
In all matters of public concern he took deep interest,
and never suffered himself to be led by the opinions of
others, or to yield his own judgment to popular sentiment,
but formed his own opinions, and having once formed them
he had the courage to maintain them.
He was a prohibitionist, but in all political measures, as
elsewhere, he advocated undeviating honesty, the result
being left to an all-wise God, who maketh even the evil
designs of men to work out objects for His praise.
Their children are:
1. Henry Jernigan Banks = Sallie
Kate Tarver, 1873, dau. of Wesley
Tarver, and had issue, Tarver Banks.
2. Sallie Hannah=her cousin, James
B. Tarver, in 1874, and have issue (q. v.)
3. Jabez Banks, m. the widow of his
brother, Henry Jernigan, in 1881, and
have issue : Henry, Jasper and Ralph.
4. Pearl m. Dr. Warren B. Watkins of
Opelika in 1893. They have 3 dau., 1
Sarah Alberta, 2 Dorothy, and 3 Mary
Louise.
IV. Rachel Jones Banks= James Monroe Tarver,
October 9th, 1845, and lived at Enon, Ala.
I -sue :
1. James Banks Tarver m. his cousin,
Sallie Hannah Banks, and have issue :
1 Banks, 2 Rosalie, 3 Monroe, 4 William,
5 Clifford, 6 Fannie Belle.
2. Rosa m. Clarence Caldwell in 1878,
and have issue : 1 Rachel Banks, 2 Mary
Lou, and 3 James Tarver Caldwell.
3. Sarah Hannah m. Rev. D. C. Crook in
in 1878, and have issue : 1 Rachel. 2
John, and 3 Rosa Crook.
and Their Descendants. 261
4. Milton Jasper Tarver m. Sallie Bass
in 1879, and have issue : 1 Mary, 2 John
Bass, 3 Berta Belle, and 4 James Tarver,
V. Sarah Elisabeth Banks=Rev. Oscar Paul
Fitzgerald, Bishop of M. E. Church South.
1. Paul Fitzgerald, d. unm.
2. Genella m. John Hooper Nye in
1884, and have issue : 1 Adolphe, 2 Paul,
3 Oscar, and 4 John Hooper Nye.
3. Lee Fitzgerald, d. s. p.
4. Eleanor m. John B. Robertson in
1888, and have one daughter, Sarah.
5. Lillian m. Lem Banks in 1892.
6 Oscar Penn, and 7 Wm. Stone Fitzgerald.
VI. Rev. Dunstan Marion Banks= Cordelia
Allen. He resides at Opelika, and for many
years was engaged in teaching school. He has
issue :
1. John James Banks m. Mattie Cotten,
dau. of Rev. James Lawrence Cotten. Is-
sue : Johu, Lucy and Mattie.
2. Bettie Benona m. H. Crawford Jer-
NiGANinl880. Issue: Charles, Marion,
Cordelia, Marie, Cornelia, Henry Craw-
ford and Kate Jernigan.
3. Nettie m. Walter Hurt in 1887, and
have issue : Mary, Nettie, Willie, Nona,
Mittie, Cordelia and Edgar Crawford.
4. Mary Hannah m. Albert Barnett in
1889, and have issue : Mary, Albert, and
Sara Antoinette Barnett. Mr. Barnett is
Register in Chancery.
33 Sallie Banks=Edward Sims, lived and died near
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Issue :
262 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
I. Jerusha= Reedy, of Wetupka, Ala.
II. Mary== Hemphill, of Tuscaloosa, and their
dau. m. Prof. Benj. Meek, of Alabama Uni-
versity.
III. Priscilla m. Hon. Wm. Crawford Bibb, Sr.,
of Montgomery.
IV. Jane=Judge Frank Moody, of Tuscaloosa.
V. Nettie= Trimble, of Montgomery
SJ/. Dr. Richard Banks=Martha Butt. He was
noted as a physician and surgeon. He lived and died
at Gainesville, Ga. Issue :
I. Joe.
II. Philoclea=Blackshear. Issue: 1. Zoe =
McIIenry ; 2. Lucy=Mower; 3. A son.
III. Dunstan.
IV. SusAN*=lst. Brewster ; issue, Georgia=
Wilkes, m. 2d. Pledger; issue, (1) Banks
Pledger= Jennie Ray. (2) May= Free-
man ; m. 3d. Becker.
35 Ralph Banks= Elizabeth Maxwell ; lived in
Habersham and Banks counties, Ga. Issue :
I. Russell Banks=Jane Yarbrough.
II. Mary=Memory Grump.
III. Jane=Fleming Moss.
IV. Rachel=Augustus Moss.
V. Marion Banks=Martha Ressler.
36 John Banks=Sarah Watkins, lived for a time at
Lexington, Ga., and later moved to Columbus, Ga.
Issue :
I. John Troupe, d. young.
II. Capt. Willis Dunstan Banks, C. S. A., 39th Ala.
Regt., mortally wounded at Atlanta and died
28th July, 1864.
and Their Descendants. 263
III. George Young Banks was member of Georgia
State Convention that passed the ordinance of
Secession. He m. 1st Susan Mitchell.
Issue :
1. John. 2. Mattie. 3. Sallie. 4. Lizzie. 5. Eu-
genia. 6. George. 7. Maynie.
m. 2d Dolly Jeter; issue, 1 dau.,
Dolly.
IV. Daniel Watkins Banks killed near Atlanta while
on picket duty.
V. Edward Sims=Pauline Delauney ; issue, 1
daughter, Lucy = Andrew Shepherd.
VI. Susan Martha, unm.
VII. Gilmer Rockingham Banks=Kate Burney ; is-
sueless. Lives at Tallassee, Ala., State Senator
and planter.
VIII. Lieutenant Richard Eugene Banks, C. S. A.,
killed in battle of Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864.
IX. Elbert Augustine Banks, M.D., unmarried; lives
in Columbus, Ga., is a noble type of his family .
X. William Kelley Banks.
XL Sarah Lucy = Edward Young. Issue :
1. Banks. 2. Mary. 3. Sallie Watkins.
XII. Josephine Anna=G. J. Peacock. Issue :
1. Sallie=Kelly Dimond ; issue, Josephine,
2. Elberta.
3. James Peacock.
4. John Banks Peacock.
XIII. Mary Priscilia.
?7 Mary jANE=lst Dr. Jones, of Tuscaloosa, and
had one child.
2d. John Napier, of Marengo county. Of their
children, 1. Lemuel m. Mary Palmer Reedy, and 2.
Rachel m. Frank Siddons, and had 2 daughters.
264 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
a Dunstan Banks, one of the earliest residents of Co-
lumbus, Miss., married Lucretia, daughter of
Thomas and Martha (Dickens) Webb, of North
Carolina. Thomas Webb was the son of William
and gr.-son of James Webb (b. 1705), of Essex
county, Va., who in 1734 m. Mary Edmund. Issue:
(1) Martha m. Capt. Davidson Cross and d.
1867 s. p.
(2) Henrietta m. Major David I. Armstrong
and had 1 ch., Mrs. R. W. Carroll, of
Beaumont, Texas.
(3) Colonel Robert Webb Banks* m. in 1869
to Alice Clay Sherrod, dau. of Col.
Felix Sherrod, son of Col. Ben Sherrod.
August 9, 1873.
* Note. — The following lines taken from the New York Time*,
were from the pen of M. J. Moses (late) Asst. Surgeon 37th Eegt.
Miss. Vol., C. S. A., at the battle of Resaca, Ga., on the 9th May.
1864, and was a tribute to his friend, Sergeant Banks :
The storm of shot was flying fast,
And through the marshalled host
The wavering lines come swaying back,
As though the day was lost.
The hurrying aides were riding down
From left flank and from right,
And sulphurous clouds obscured the sun
In blackness dark as night.
On come the glittering battle line
Upon the shattered band,
Whose heroes held the crested hill
Scarce touching hand to hand.
On came the steady columns down,
Like whirlwinds on the plain,
"Whilst batteries from the distant heights
Poured down their iron rain.
Out dashed young Harry Chambers,
With orders for the right,
Out went the noble Elliott,
(We buried him that night).
and Their Descendants. 265
Felix Sherrod's wife (Sarah Parrish) was
cousin to Commodore Maury and gr.-dau.
of Abram Maury, one of the founders of
Franklin, Tenn. Their children :
1. Sarah Felix. 2. Lucille Webb. 3. Rob-
ert Webb. 4. James O., 5. Alice Sher-
rod (two ch. died in infancy.)
(4) Lucretia Banks, unm.
Brave Waldrop takes the orders now,
And as he turned to go,
The hurtling shot comes plunging down,
And lays our comrade low.
The storm increased — the charging line
Came onward with a cheer ;
The General quickly turned his eye
Where Banks and I stood near.
In vain he called upon his aides ;
None but the dead were there ;
" My God ! " he cried, '' who can I send "
Those stout, brave hearts to cheer?
I stepped to where the General stood
And asked him if I'd do,
And said that if I did not fall
I'd take his orders through.
Young Banks sprang up and seized the note,
" I'll go,'' he cried, and smiled,
And whispered as he rushed away,
" He has a wife and child."
Again the storm of battle surged,
Again the lines advance,
And now to save the little band
Seemed but a thing of chance.
" Tell Oharpentier to open now
With every single gun."
He scarce had turned to see who went
Ere Oharpentier begun.
From piece to piece the order went,
And through the darkened air,
The booming cannon thundered out,
266 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
(5) Julia Banks m. 1874 to John B. Dilla-
hunty. Isssue :
1. Dunston Banks. 2. Mattie. 3. Lucy.
4. Julia. 5. John and. 6. Lillian Dilla-
hunty.
-38 Moses Butt=Pjriscilla Banks. They lived near
Columbus, Ga., and had 8 children :
While cheer re-echoed cheer ;
And night came down with moon and stars
And rested on the hill —
Where high above its blood-stained crest
Our banner floated still.
From camp to camp, from post to post,
I rode through all that night,
To find who of my many friends,
Had fallen in the fight.
And every man I chanced to know
In staff, or line, or ranks,
I asked if he had seen or heard
Of "little Sergeant Banks."
Till when I came again to camp,
And found my young friend there
My heart leapt up to teach my lips
To speak his name in prayer.
And since that day, whene'er I hear
Of heroes from the ranks,
My mind will always head the list
With little Sergeant Banks."
Nearly thirty years afterwards the following lines were added
by another friend and companion :
This '« little Banks " is now a Vet :
And fat and stout has grown,
The same old Grit is in him yet
As when this deed was done.
His face may seam, his hair grow white,
His blood will ne'er grow cool,
Just mention now that word " fight ! "
He's still the same old fool.
and Their Descendants. 267
•p . ( 1. John Henry m. Johngeline Winter s. p.
5 " J 2. Dr. Richard Lemuel married 3 times (q. v.)
- 3. Sarah Alabama Butt m. Dr. William Har-
vey KiDg. Their children were :
1. William. 2. Annie, and 3. Sallie King.
4. Mary Virginia Butt m. Daniel Butler Bird >
of Florida, and have 1. Priscilla, and 2.
Samuel Bird.
5. Georgia Priscilla Butt=: Thomas Ers-
kine Young, son of Col. George and Susan
(Watkins) Youug, of "Waverly," Colum-
bus, Miss. Their children are :
(1) Priscilla Banks Youug m. Thos.
Blewitt Franklin, of Columbus,
Miss. Issue : 1. Silla Young. 2. Sid-
ney Cornell. 3. d. young.
(2) Virginia Watkins m. Edward Ran-
dolph Hopkins, of Columbus, Miss.
Children : 1. Charles Beverly. 2. Ed-
ward Erskine. 3. Annie Cabot, and
4. Georgia Young Hopkins.
(3) Lucy Woodsen m. Dr. Charles Cecil
Stockard, of Atlanta, Ga. Issue :
1. John Rupert, died young. 2. Charles
Cecil, and 3. Lucy Vaughan Stock-
ard.
(4) Sarah Vallie Young, unm., Colum-
bus, Miss.
(5) Anna Alyda m. Henry Marsden Wad-
dell, of Columbus, Miss. Issue : 1.
Marsden Youug. 2. Hugh Brown-
rigg.
(6) Moselle Butt Young died young.
(7) Thomas Erskine Young m. John Sid-
ney White, of Birmingham, Ala.
Issue : Erskine Vallie- Young White.
268 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
6. Rev. Moses Edward Butt m. 1st Hen-
rietta Allen. Issue: 1 dau. and 1 son.
2d Jerusha Reedy. Issue : 2 dau.
(1) Johnnie m. Dr. George, (2) Edward
Butt m. Miss Sanders, (3) Amelia ra.
Aycock, (4) Ella Butt, unra.
7. Willis Banks Butt m. Julia Treutlen s. p.
8. James Eldridge Butt, killed in battle.
Dr. Richard Lemuel Butt=Sarah Elisabeth,
(dau. of Van Leonard and Janette (Harvie) bis
wife, of Columbus, Ga.) ; issue 6 ch., viz :
(After the death of Sarah Elizabeth Leonard,
he married Mrs. Gamewell (widow), and his 3d
wife, Mrs. Henderson (widow), is still living.
His two last wives bore him no children.)
1. Fannie P. Butt m. 1st W. C. McCarty, (now
deceased). 2d. W. E. Miller. 3d. W. C.
Tucker.
2. Mary V. Butt=M. L. Wood and have one dau.
Helen, unm. They live in New Mexico.
3. Nettie L. Butt=G. W. Johnson, and had two
sons and one daughter, viz.:
1. James Eldridge Johnson=Lydia Watts
and have one son, James Eldridge John-
son.
2. Gilbert Dwight Johnson, and 3. Marie
«« Johnson, unm.
4. Sarah Elisabeth Butt=W. E. Love and
had seven ch., viz. :
1. Will. 2. Emma. 3. Mary. 4. Thomas.
5. Lena. 6. Celeste. 7. Van.
5. Richard Lemuel Butt, Jr,=Mary E. Jor-
dan, May 19, 1881, and have 3ch., viz:
and Their Descendants. 269
1. Richard Lemuel Butt. 2. Arthur Jordan
and 3. Howard Eldridge Butt.
6. John Henry Butt, deceased.
Dr. Butt was surgeon in the Confederate service. In
early life he practiced his profession in Columbus, Ga.,
afterwards in Talbotton, but for many years past he has
been in Midway, Bulloch Co., Ala., where he still pursues
his profession.
b Henry Banks, of Misissippi, m. Judith Oliver,
dau. of James and Lucinda Oliver, of Elbert Co.,
Ga., and sister to wife of Willis Banks. Only 2
children lived to adult age.
(1) Sarah Banks m. Henry Scales. She is now a
widow and lives at Clarkesville, Tenn., with
her only son, Henry Scales. A dau., Lucy,
died young.
(2) Lucy Banks m. Thomas Wilkinson (now
deceased), of Hernando, Miss. Issue:
1. Thomas Banks, d. s. p.
2. Henry, b. 1855; of Memphis, Tenn.,
m. Sallie Johnson ; issue :
1. Lucy. 2. Rebecca, and 3, baby.
3. Robert, b. 1857; of Memphis ; m.
Connie White, dau. of Col. Thos.
"White, of Hernando, and had
1. Robert, 2. Thomas and 3. Bar-
bara.
4. Charles, b. 1859; of Palestine, Ark.;
m. Kate Taylor and have issue.
5. Lucy, unm.
6. Edward, of Hernando ; m. and has
children.
270 Sqlomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
c Lemuel Banks, of DeSoto Couuty Mississippi, mar-
ried Louisa A. Tait dan. of Judge James Minor
Tate and Jane Watkins of Elbert County Georgia.
Mrs. Banks, after the death of her husband m. 2d,
Charles Meriwether ; issue :
(1) Lemuel, d. s. p.
(2) Elizabeth, d. s. p.
(3) Ralph Banks moved to Lee county, Arkansas;
was twice married but none of his children
reached maturity.
(4) George Thomas Banks, now living in White
Haven, Shelby County, Tenu., m. Susan
Love and had
1. Lemuel (b. 1870) of law firm of
Myers & Banks, of Memphis, m. Lil-
lian, dau. of Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald.
(s. p.).
2. William Love, (b. 1872), of Becton,
Ark., m. Lucy Hartsell and had
1. Hartsell, 2. King and 8. David.
3. George Thomas, Jr., (b. 1875), unm.
4. David Goodman, died young.
(5) Charles Banks, moved to Marianna, Lee Co.,
Ark., there married and is living; children,
1. Myra, m. James P. Brown, of Marianna,
Ark., and has 3 children. 2. Dolly,
m. Mr. Ache, of Newport, Ark., and
has issue. 3. Daisy, unm.
(6) Mary Banks, m. Jordan Payne and d. s. p.
(7) Richard McPherson Banks, of Hernando,
Miss., m. 1st. Bettie Campbell and had
1. Richard McP. m. Lulie Boone and has
1 ch. 2. George, m. Mittie Bell, and
has 1 ch. 3. Nicholas Campbell, m.
Bettie Berdon. Mr. Banks m. 2d Mrs.
and Their Descendants. 271
Ida Campbell, of Oxford, Miss., and
had
4. Harvey and 5. Charles.
(8) Henry Banks, of Memphis, Tenn., m. Sallie
Dockery and had
1. Henry, and 2. Love.
2 Martha Alston=Isaac Hunter, died 1815 in
Warren County. The following children are men-
tioned by will.
I. Solomon Hunter (mentioned in will of Sol-
omon Alston, Sr.)
II. James Alston Hunter, no records.
10 III. Jacob Hunter= Patience Williamson. Issue
{<!■ ^)
IV. Ann Alston=Kittrell, records wanting.
V. Patsy H.= Williamson, records wanting.
VI. Sackey=Nicholson, records wanting.
VII. Sally Alston— Estis, records wanting.
The above Isaac Hunter was son of Isaac
Hunter who died in Chowan County and
whose will was dated April 17, 1752, and
proved April Court, 1753, and whose
children were :
Elisha Hunter. Jacob Hunter.
Jessee Hunter. Isaac Hunter.
David Hunter. Alee Perry.
Hannah Riddick. Elisabeth Perry.
Rachel Walton. Sarah Hunter.
Jane Philips (dec.) and others.
10 Jacob Hunter=Patience Williamson. Issue:
I. William Hunter, no record.
II. Mary Hunter, no record.
272 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
III. Martha Green Hunter=John Dawson. Issue
(q. V.)
IV. Aun Alston, no record.
Y. Eliza Hinton, no record.
See Wheeler's History, Vol. 2, 426, for sketch of Col.
Benjamin Hawkins.
Col. Philemon Hawkins, Sr., born in Gloucester co.,
Va., Sept. 28, 1717, removed to Butt co. 1737=Delia
and had issue,
12 I. Col. John Hawkins=Sallie Macon. Issue (q-v).
13 II. Col. Philemon Hawkins, Jr. Issue (q. v).
III. Col. Benjamin Hawkins=; issue 1 son and 5
daughters.
IV. Col. Joseph Hawkins=; was in Continental ser-
vice ; died 1785.
V. Delia=L. Bulloch s. p.
VI. Auu=Gen. Micajah Thomas ; no living issue.
12 Issue of Col. John Hawkins=Sallie Macon.
(1) Philemon Hawkins, of Louisburg—
(2) Gen. John H. Hawkins, of Warren=
(3) Gen. Micajah Thomas Hawkins, of Warren-
Served some years in Congress.
14. (4) Col. Joseph H. Watkins, Warren co.=(q. v.)
These four repeatedly represented Warren
county in the House of Commons.
(5) Benjamin Hawkins.
(G) Fannie Hawkins=Solomon Green.
(7) Ann Hunt Fuller (Nancy) Hawkins=
Charles Marshall.
(8) Priscilla Hawkins= Gotten.
(9) Parthenia Hawkins— John C. Green, 1st
wife.
(10) Delia Martin Hawkins^John C. Green, 2d
wife.
and Their Descendants. 273
IS Issue of Col. Philemon Hawkins, Jr.:
(1) William Hawkins ; (2) John Davis Haw-
kins.
(3) Joseph Warren Hawkins ; (4) Benjamin
Franklin Hawkins.
(5) Philemon Hawkins; (6) Frank Hawkins-
(7) George W. Hawkins.
(8) Eleanor=Sherwood Haywood, of Raleigh.
(9) Ann = William P. Little, of Warren.
(10) Delia=Stephen Haywood, of Raleigh.
(11) Sarah=Col. William Polk, of Raleigh.
(12) Lucy Davis Ruffin= Louis D. Henry, of
Raleigh, 1st wife.
1 4 Col. Joseph H. HAWKiNS=lst Mary Al-
ston in 1811, and 2d Martha Alston,
her sister, daughters of Col. William and
Martha Hardee Alston, and had issue, viz.:
I. Sallie Hawkins=Gen. Samuel A. Williams ;
issue [q. v.).
II. Mary Helen— Augustus Alston, son of Robert
West Alston (q. v.).
III. Thomas Hawkins married and had 1 son, Thomas.
Col. Hawkins died while filling the office of
Comptroller of State.
James Alston was one of the executors of his
father, Solomon Alston, in 1784, and of Philip
Kearney, 1794, of Thomas Kearney, 1797,
and of Edmond Kearney, 1794, and of Joseph
John Alston in 1781. He died in 1805. He
was married Jan. 24, 1780, to Sarah Kearney,
daughter of Edmond Kearney and Sarah
Brothers, his wife, and had 9 children (q. v).
After her death he married Sarah Hawkins
18 al
274 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston
[nee Macon), the widow of John Hawkins r
who had by her former marriage 10 children,
which have been given elsewhere. She died
April 11, 1808.
1 James Alston=Sarah Kearney; issue, viz.:
8 I. John, b. April 3, 1781=Jane Hardaway Davis,
from Roanoke, Va., (5. v.).
II. Mary Hinton, b. Oct, 22, 1782= Robert T.
Cheek (9. v.).
III. Solomon, b. Sept. 15, 1784, d. unm. Aug. 5, 1807.
IV. Ann, b. Jan. 2, 1787= 1st Harvey, 3d Webb,
and has one son, Dr. Webb ; 2d Sutherland,
and has one son, Macleu Sutherland.
V. Elizabeth J., b. Feb. 22, 1789=Dr. Ridley
(Chapel Hill.).
08 VI. James, Jan. 27, 1791, and VII. Guston, Feb.
26, 1793, (d. s. p.).
9 Xlll. Sarah Brothers, b. Sept. 14, 1795=Seth Jones,
son of Nathaniel Jones and Mrs. Millerson
Blanchard, who were married in Chowan co.
June 17, 1772.
IX. Charity Dawson, b. June 7, 1798= Wm.
Green Macon, of Hancock county, Ga., son
of Gid Hunt Macon.
8 John Alston=Jane Hardaway Davis. Is-
sue :
01 1. Hardaway Alston, b. 1800= Rebecca Bradley.
02 2. Elizabeth Davis, b. 1802=Hartwell Blount
Hyde.
03 3. James, b. 1804= Elisabeth Pesy.
04. 4. Sarah Kearney Alston, b. 1807=Wm. Weakley
Johnson.
05 5. Lucy Ann Alstou=John King.
08
and Their Descendants. 275
06 6. Solomon, b. 1813=Mary Peebles.
07 7. Guston, b. 1815= Eliza Morton Scales.
8. Thomas, b. 1817.
9. John Alston, b. 1820, lived to be 60 years old.
Robert Tines Cheek=Mary Hinton (Polly) Al-
ston, 8 ch., viz.:
1. Elbert Alston Cheeks Susan Hayes. Issue :
1. Virginia; 2. Bettie R., and 3. Hattie.
All died.
4. Mary married Dr. Hunter; 5. Robert.
6. Hugh live in Mississippi.
7. Col. W. C. Cheek d. in Henderson,
N. C, in April, 1901.
8. Elbert Alston, Jr., lives in Kentucky.
2. John S. Cheek— Clementine Bagwell.
3. James ; 4. Joseph.
5. Dr. William Cheek=Miss Clanton ; lives in
Mississippi.
6. Emily M. Cheek, b. Aug. 11, 1808, d. Jan.
12, 1876. Married in Warrenton, N. C,
to John H. Burt, b. June 1, 1800, and d.
March 27, 1845. (They resided near Ran-
som's bridge, and he was the son of Wm.
Burt— Sallie Ballard). Their dau., Mary
Alston Burt, b. May 5, 1833, and married
April 18, 1854, in Warren county, to Wil-
liam J. Exum.
7. Darian Cheek m. Montgomery. Their
children all died except Judge Walter Mont-
gomery, of Raleigh, who m. Miss Lizzie
Wilson, and have two ch., viz.: 1. Walter
Montgomery and 2. Betsy Montgomery.
8. Elizabeth Cheek = Ridley.
276 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
X3 James Alston = Nancy Swanzy. 6 ch. viz. :
I. Charity Alston, unm.
II. Elizabeth Alston, unm.
III. William = 1st 1 son George.
= 2d Miss Bell ; issue :
1. Robert. 2. John.
3. Davie. 4. Lanis.
IV. Lurana = Henry Clay, of North Alabama.
V. Audley Alston. James Alston.
VI. Jane Alston = B. F. Martin.
1. Ellen Augusta Martin, b. Feb. 15th,
1842 = Y. L. Harrison.
2. Sallie Ann Martin, b. June 26th,
1844 = Henry Clay, of North Alabama.
3. Dr. Brice J. A. Martin, b. March 4th,
1849.
4. Mary J. Martin, b. May 3d, 1851 = R.
G. Moore, of North Alabama.
5. William Jones Martiu.
6. Rebecca Arretta, b. Dec. 2d, 1848=Dr.
West.
7. James F. Martin, b. April 1st, 1846
= Mollie Herndon, lives at 1403 Georgia
St., Los Angeles, Cal.
Hardaway Alston = Rebecca Bradley. 6 ch. viz. :
1. Jane Alston, m. William Dyer.
2. Dr. John Alston. 3. Guston Alston.
4. Thomas. 5. Volney S. Alston, and
6. Eugenia Alston.
Elisabeth Davis Alston=:Hartwell Blount Hyde.
Issue : viz. :
(1) Joseph Hyde m. Lizzie Jorden. 7 ch. viz. :
and Their Descendants. 277
1. Bettie Jorden. 2. Henry. 3. Evvell.
4. Mattie. 5. Blount. 6. Isaac, and
7. Deau Hyde.
(2) Mary Hyde m. Samuel Thomas.
(3) Henderson Hyde m. Hypasia Ann Nolen.
9 ch. viz. :
1. Perkins Hyde m. M. — Mary. 3 ch.
Lizzie, Hervey and Susie.
2. Addie m. John Ed Johnson. 5 ch. viz. :
1. Eddie. 2. Frank 3. Laura.
4. Ben. 5. Nolen.
3. James Hyde m. Maggie Harvey, 1893.
Issue, viz. :
Leroy. Earl.
4. Fannie m. Hardie Marvin. Issue :
Allen.
5. Isaac Hyde m. 1st Priscjlla Jorden.
2d Mrs. Mary Bostic, nee King.
1. Blount. 2. Freeman.
3. Bettie m. Furguson. Ch.
Mary and Sarah.
4. Bunnie m. 1 ch. 5. Janie.
6. Emma. 7. Samuel.
8. Battie Hyde m. Bennett.
Have 1 ch.
(4) Dr. Blount Hyde m. Aalissa Morton. Issue :
1. Blount. 2. Robert.
3. Wade Hyde, and 4. Lucy.
(5) Samuel Hyde m. Miss Sanford. 1 dau. Sallie.
(6) Martha m. Rev. Jerre Cullum.
(7) Isaac Hyde m. Sallie P. Jorden.
(8) Emma m. Thomas Basser.
(9) Sarah Hyde m. Samuel Smothermau.
278 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston
X3 James Alston = Elisabeth Pesy. 7 ch. viz.:
I. Eliza AlstOD = Wood.
II. Dr. Jack Alston.
III. Willis Alston.
IV. Thomas Alston.
V. Mary A. = Wood.
VI. Susie A. Alston.
VII. James Alston.
\4 William Weakley Johnson = Sarah Kearney
Alston. 5 ch.
I. John Johnson = Melissa Pyron.
XX4 II. William Weakley Johnson = Frances Van-
derslice (q. v.).
III. Columbus Johnson = Mary Logan.
IV. William Calvin d. in infancy.
V. Joseph Darius Johnson died during the war
18—, 21 years.
X5 Lucy Ann Alston = John King. 7 ch. viz. :
I. John King, b. 1835; killed at Atlanta, Ga.,
1864.
II. James C. King, b. 1837; d. 1858.
05 III. Thomas S. King, b. 1840= Bettie B. Good-
win, 1866 (q. v.).
005 IV. William King, b. 1842 = 1st Anna Massey,
1868.
=2d (Dec. 1874) to Addie King. (q. v.).
0005 V. Bettie King, b. 1844 = 1867 to Joseph Turner
Jorden (q. v.).
00005 VI. Ann Eliza King, b. 1847 =Wilford R. Raines,
1866 (q. v.).
VII. Laura J. King, b. 1849 = James T. Spark-
man in 1876. Issue :
1. Rebecca, b. Feb. 12th, 1887.
2. Jane, b. Jan. 10th, 1890.
and Their Descendants. 279
XQ Solomon Alston= Mary Peebles ; 4 ch., viz.:
I. Joe Alston— Sallie Fisher.
II. Sallie Alstons: Alexander Cochran.
III. Fannie Alston=Mr. Nesh.
IV. Mae Peebles Alston, unm.
Guston Alston =lst Eliza Morton Scales, 2 ch.
=2d Maggie Westbrook, 2 ch.
X 1. Mary Jane Alston = Joseph Carl (q. v.).
2. Sallie B. Alston =James Anthony (g. v.).
3. Minnie Alston, and 4, Fannie Alston.
X Joseph Carl=Mary Jane Alston. Issue viz.:
1. Jacob Carl m. Mary Moss, 5 ch., viz.: 1. Clarence.
2. Joe. 3. Will. 4. J. B., and 5. Susie May Carl.
2. Eliza Carl m. Davis; 3 ch., viz.: 1. Wil-
liam. 2. Carl, and 3, Luther Davis.
3. John Carl.
4. Lutie Carl m. Joseph Mays, of Nashville, Tenn.
5. Frank Carl m. Lee Neely; 1 son Frank, Franklin,
Tenn.
6. Thomas Carl, in Arkansas.
7. Robert in Cincinnati.
8. Hardie.
9. James Carl m. Nannie Bond.
10. J. B. Carl m. — Beasley.
11. Henry, and 12, Gus Carl.
X8 John Alston = 1st, Ann Tulles, 4 ch.
By 2d, Luvenia Martin, 2 ch.
1. Robert. 2. Samuel. 4. William.
3. Blount Alston m. Miss Jemmie Thompson.
Issue: 1. Tulles. 2. Mary. 3. Atwell. 4.
Samuel. 5. Terry, and 6. John.
4. Fannie M. Alston m. — Hogan ; 2 daughters,
Lina and Neva.
280 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston
5. James Monroe Alston (Roe) m. Fred Orange ;
2 sons.
XX4- William Weakley Johnson married in 1861 to
Francis Ann Vanderslice, who died Decem-
ber 2d, 1899 ; 8 ch., viz. :
I. Joseph W. Johnson, b. 1863, d. 1884.
II. James Kearney Johnson, b. Feb. 8th, 1866 ;
married Nov. 24th, 1892, to Alice Brown Wil-
liamson ; 5 ch., viz.:
1. Charles Weakley Johnson, b. Dec. 3d, 1893.
2. Zora Wilkes Johnson, b. Feb. 5th, 1896.
3. Frances Cuthbert Johnson, b. Feb. 4th,
1898.
4. James Kearney, 1 . b Jd 16 19Q()
5. Alice Brown, j J
III. Nancy Vanderslice Johnson, b. July, 1867 ; m.
Frederick J. Page ; 5 ch., viz.:
1. William Stokely Page d. in infancy.
2. Annie Louise, b. Feb. 4th, 1890.
3. Ruth Page, b. Oct. 10th, 1893.
4. Joseph Johnson Page, b. July 16th, 1896.
5. Lela Abernathy Page, b. July 25th, 1899.
IV. Mary DeGraffenreidt Johnson, b. Dec. 3d,
1869 ; m. Robert Williams, who died
a few years since, and in Feb., 1901, his
widow= Daniel Adkinson. Issue:
1. Bessie Lee Williams, b. Dec. 4th, 1888.
2. Fannie Willie Williams, b. May 25th, 1891.
3. Robert Herman Williams, b. Aug. 10th,
1893.
V. Fannie Lou Johnson, b. March 12th, 1872; m. in
1894 to Will T. Jorden ; 3 ch., viz. :
1. James Weakley Jorden, b. Dec. 31st, 1895.
and Their Descendants. 281
2. Fannie Lowe Jorden, b. May 20th, 1897.
3. William T. Jorden, b. Oct. 8th, 1899.
VI. Willie D. Johnson, b. Aug. 10, 1873 ; m. in Dec,
1898, to Joseph Covington, and have 1 son, John
Weakley Covington, b. April 24th, 1900.
VII. John Weakley Johnson, b. Dec. 15th, 1878; m.
in Nov., 1899, to Pearl Dobson.
VIII. Alice Maxie Johnson, b. Oct. 25th, 1882.
05 Thomas S. King=Bettie B. Godwin, 8 ch., viz.:
1. George King. 2. Floyd. 3. Jessie.
4. Fannie. 5. Jack. 6. Forrester.
7. Samuel, and 8, Phillip King.
005 William KiNG=Anna Massey; issue 2 ch.
by 2d wf., Addie King; 7 ch.
1. Fannie Gray Kiug, b. Sep. 19th, 1870 ; m. Nov.
17th, 1891, to Dr. George Paschal.
2. Wm. Eugene King, b. May 15th, 1873; m.
Jan. 23d, 1894, to Etta McCrary, and have
one ch., Wm. M. King, b. Oct. 16th, 1896.
3. Susie Mathews King, b. June 16th, 1876 ; m.
Dec. 19th, 1900, to Ernest King.
4. Lucy King, b. Sep. 1st, 1878 ; m. Nov. 7th,
1900, to Geo. McDonald.
5. Walter Harris King, b. May 12th, 1880 ; m.
Dec. 19th, 1900, to Beulah Hughey.
6. Bessie King, b. Jan., 1883.
7. Morton King, b. 1885 ; d. 1887.
8. Ellis King, b. April, 1889, and"9, Ethel King,
b. March 8th, 1891.
0005 Bettie King= Joseph T. Jorden; 8 ch., viz. :
1. Lucy Jorden m. Eli Sparkman.
2. John Jorden in U. S. army in Manilla.
282 Solomon and Ann (IIinton) Alston
3. Mary Jorden ra. Win. Tulles, and have one
child, Joseph Tulles Jorden.
4. Sal lie Jorden.
5. Nettie Jorden ra. W. H. Bostic, and have two
ch., viz. : Bettie Cary Bostic and Joseph
Harden Bostic.
6. Jotie Jorden. 7. Bettie Jordeu, and,
8. Jimmy Jorden.
00005 Ann Eliza King=Wilfoed R. Raines; 9 ch.,
viz. :
1. James Raines . 2. Annie. 3. Mary.
4. Lucy. 5. Baxter. 6. John.
7. Tommie. 8. Aliens, aud 9, Wilford Raines.
9 Issue of Seth Jones=Sallie Brothers Alston.
I. Ann Elisabeth=Montague; issue 10 chil-
dren :
1. Sallie Montague=Dr. Hooker.
2. Helen Montague= — Foster.
3. Henry Montague died in C. S. army.
4. Alexander Montague.
5. Ann Elisabeth Montague = Dr. Law-
rence.
6. Ben Franklin Montague=Miss — Lee.
7. Seth Montague=Miss Starbuch, daugh.
of Judge Starbuch.
8. Latney Montague=Hieronymus .
9. Joe-Ella Montague d. unm.
10. Mary Montague == — Hilliard.
II. Alpheus Jones=Lizzie Price. Issue :
1 . Needham Jones=Meta Jones, (daughter
of Kimbrough Jones, Jr., and Mary
Warren, his 3d wife). They live near
Raleigh and have 2 children, viz.:
and Their Descendants. 283
(1) Lizzie Jones. (2) Kimbrough
Jones.
2. Alfred Jones=Lizzie Cook. They re-
side in Raleigh.
1. Nannie Jones. 2. Fannie Jones.
3. Mildred Jones. 4. Margaret Jones.
5. Lizzie Cook Jones. 6. Alfred Jones.
7. William Cook Jones.
3. Nannie Jones = 1st, Mark Pettway
Jones ; q. v. for issue. 2d, John Bux-
ton Wms. Jones ; q. v. for issue.
III. Alston A Jones =Elizabeth Kinchen Al-
ston (dau. of John Jones Alston and Ada-
line Williams) ; q. V. for issue.
IV. Helen Jones=William A. Whitfield; issue.
V. Seth Jones=and had issue.
VI. Sarah Jones=Dr. Green.
VII. Columbia Jones=Josiah Crudup, Esq.
Evan Jones in Pasquotank {1711).
In the will of Robert Palmer (Pasquotank court), who
died in October, 1740, he mentions Evan Jones as his
grandson. Richard Hill, of Bath, in his will, dated March
18th, 1723, bequeaths to his son-in-law, Evan Jones, and
daughter Ann Jones, of Craven precinct. (This Evan
Jone d. 1751 and left a son Evan Jones.) Evan Jones
was appointed justice of the peace for Craven county in
1739. The following also is furnished :
Evan Jones married Elizabeth Wells, date not given.
Their son, Nathaniel Jones = Millicent Blanchard June
17th, 1776. Their son, Seth Jones = Sallie Brothers Al-
ston, and had 7 ch (q. v.). Nathaniel Jones also had by
his 2d wife, Miss Perry, 9 ch., viz.:
I. Joel Jones — Mrs. Cooper.
II. Burwell Jones = Fanny Hunter ; have issue.
284 Solomon and Ann (Hinton) Alston.
III. Alfred Jones, s. p.
IV. Tmothy Jones, d.
V. Wesley Jones— Mary Corts ; 2 children :
1. Alfred Jones was minister to China.
2. Rachel=TcmpIeton, and had 2 sons.
VI. Amelia Jones=Jack Pulliam. Issue :
1. Joseph Pulliam— Bettie Perry and left issue.
2. Julius Pulliam =.
3. Alfred Pulliam d. unm.
4. Temperance = Hobson.
VII. Temperance Jones — Col. Willis Whitaker ; 2
wife. Issue :
1. Byron Whitaker.
2. Nathaniel Whitaker = Mitchner ; issue.
3. George Whitaker = Hannah Whitaker, s. p.
Col. Willis Whitaker by 1st wife, Lucy New-
some, had 1 son, Willis Whitaker, = Amelia
Ann Jones (g. v.).
VIII. Martha Jones = Daniel Corts (s .p.).
IX. Helen Jones = George Jeffreys.
Frank and Betsy (Ridley) Jones. 285
FRANK AND BETSY (RIDLEY) JONES.
This family of Jones were from Virginia, most probably
the eastern part, and settled in North Carolina on Crab
Tree Creek, about 12 miles west of where Raleigh now
stands. The following named were furnished by Mrs. A. A.
Whitaker and Mrs. Kimbrough Jones, of Raleigh :
Frank Jones=Betsy Ridley. Issue were:
I. Nathaniel=Ann Snickers, of Snickers Ferry,
Va.
II. Tignal= Penny Cain
III. John=Mary Cain
IV. Matthew= , lived in Halifax.
V. Britton= Hardy, and lived in lower part
of Wake.
VI. Frank =Frances Yancey, dau. of Jeconias
Yancey = Ann Alston, nee Kimbrough (9. v.).
VII. A daughter who= Brown, captain of a
merchant vessel. They left no issue. Cap-
tain Brown at his death willed a pair of
drawers to some one. When the drawers were
searched for, it was found that he had been
buried in them. The body was exhumed, and
$10,000 was found sewed in the waistband.
VIII. A daughter— McCullars, who was colonel
in Revolutionary War.
IX. A daughter^ Wilson, captain of a mer-
chant vessel.
Others of same family of Jones came to Southern Vir-
ginia. See W. &. M. Quarterly 265, Vol. 7, No. 4.
286 Frank and Betsy (.Ridley) Jones
Nathaniel Jones=Ann Snickers. Issue:
I. Nathaniel Jones, b. Oct. 27th, 1758; died May
17, 1828.
lst=May 16, 1782, Grizel Kimbrough
(dau of Nathaniel Kimbrough —Mary
Alston); for issue (q. v.).
2d = April 11, 1797, Bettie Perry.
II. Margaret (Peggy) Jones=Jatnes Kimbrough.
Issue :
1. Delafield— , issue.
2. James= Guthrie.
3. Emily==Stewart.
And others.
III. Ridley Jones died just as he was entering the
Rev., Army.
IV. Richard Jones died young.
V. Henry Jones born January 29th, 1766, died
October 10, 1840.
lst=Sallie McCulIars Smith.
2d=Ann Jones (dau. of Nathaniel, of
White Plains); issue (q. v.).
VI. Mathevv Jones, born August 29th, 1768, died
November 9th, 1843. = January 31st, 1797,
Sarah Kimbrough (sister of Grizel). She d.
September 16th, 1808. Issue (q. v.).
VII. Britton Jones= Katie Barks. Issue 3 children:
1 Mathew Jones, 2 Mary, and 3 Margaret
( Pe ggy) Jo»es.
VIII. Gaskia Jones=William Barbee. Issue (q. v.).
IX. Polly Jones=lst, Pope; issue: 1 son,
Henry Pope.
= 2d Paxton; issue: 1 son,
Milton Paxton.
X. Anna Jones=Wooten ; have I dau., Anna.
and Their Descendants. 287
Tignal Jones= Penny Cain. Children:.
1. Frank. 5. Penny.
2. Fanning. 6. Polly.
3. Redding. 7. Betsey.
4. Tignal. 8. A daughter^ West-
wood Jones.
John Jones==Mary Cain. Issue:
1. Wiley Jones= Penny Jones, dau. of Britton
Jones, Sr.
2. James Jones=Hixey Jeffreys.
3. Lydia Ann Jones=John Kirabrough. Among
issue were :
Emily = Sam Warren.
Berkley=: .
We cannot ascertain which John Kimbrough this was.
4. Mary Jones= Wiley Shaw.
Britton Jones= Hardy. Issue :
1. Penny Jones— Wiley Jones, son of John and
Mary (Cain) Jones.
2. Jemima Jones=John Sanders.
3. William Jones= Turner.
Frank Jones= Frances Yancey. Issue :
1. Daughter— Daniel, brother of Judge
Daniel. Issue : One child, Matilda Daniel. _
2. Daughter— Hawkins. Issue : 1 son and
1 dau. Maria.
3. Daughter= Turner, and had 1 dau.,
Martha.
4. Daughter— Hardy, and had 1 son, Whit-
mel Hardy, and 4 daughters.
5. Daughter= Wheaton of Raleigh, s. p.
288 Frank and Betsy (Ridley) Jones
Nathaniel Jones=Grizel Kimbrough.
501 I. Kimbrough Jones, b. April 26, 1783; d.
March 30, 1866 j was 3 times married.
1st wife, Anne Massenburg, m. April 27,
1813; she d. April 13, 1815; issue, 1 son;
d. in infancy.
2d wife, Mary P. Hogan, m. May 10, 1821 ;
she d. June 18, 1833; issue:
1. William Jones, b. 1820; d. 1865 ; mar-
ried 1853 to Sarah Smith.
2. Nathaniel Jones, d. unm.
3. John Allen Jones, d. while quite a
boy.
3d wife, Mary Warren, m. Sept. 19, 1837
aud d. March 25, 1891 ; issue 6 children :
1. Mary Jones= William K. Davis.
2. Kimbrough Jones, Jr.=Mary L.
Green, (dau. of Mary Dawson Jef-
freys^: Bryan Green), issue:
1. William Jones. 2. Bryan Kim-
brough Jones. 3. Elisabeth
Jones.
3. Henry Jones died unm. Sept. 7,
1891.
4. Pattie Jones— Willis Whitaker, gr.
son of Henry and Ann Jones; no
issue.
502 5. Penelope Jones— Thomas W.
Davis, issue :
1. Mary Davis.
2. Archibald Davis, in the
Navy.
3. Cornelia Davis.
4. Kimbrough Davis.
5. Thomas Davis.
and Their Descendants. 289
6. Pattie Davis.
7. Penelope Davis.
8. John Davis.
9. Lulie Davis.
10. William Davis.
6. Meta Jones— Needbam Jones, a gr.
son of Sallie Alston and Seth
Jones, (q. v.)
II. Martha Jones = 1st. Edwards; 2d. Harry
Warren.
III. Nancy Jones=Genl. Thomas Devine King, of
Tuscaloosa, (brother of Ex-Vice President,
Wm. R. King.).
Their children (1 son and 1 daughter) were:
1. William Thomas King, M. A. Univer-
sity of Alabama; m. Eveline Hew-
itt Collier, was killed at the 2d bat-
tle of Manassas. Had 4 children.
2. Margaret K. King m. William Augus-
tine Jones. He died many years ago-
She resides in Tuscaloosa, Ala. They
had 6 children.
Children of William Thomas King and
Eveline Hewitt Collier ; 1. Eveline.
2. Margaret. 3. Mary Eveline. 4.
Alice Margaret.
His widow resides in Paris, with Eve-
line and Alice, the other two d.
Children of Margaret K. King and
William Augustine Jones were :
1. Thomas King Jones, unm. lives in
Greensboro, Ala.
2. Anna Eveline, m. Charles Poelnitz
Johnston.
19 al
290 Frank and Betsy (Ridley) Jones
3. Henry Augustine Jones, lawyer, in>
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
4. James Jones, died young.
5. Margaret King Jones m. Clifford L.
Pullen, in New York.
6. William Augustus, d. in 1894.
Henry Jones = Sallie McCullars Smith.
Had 1 dau., Elisabeth,who married Dr. John Youngs
of Granville county. By 2d wife, Ann Jones,.
issue:
I. Sidney Jones=Elisabeth Merritt and lived in
Mississippi. Issue:
1. Henry=Betsey McLaurin and had a large
family.
2. Sallie Jones, d.
3. Amelia=Adolphus Adkins and had issue.
4. Nathaniel Jones, died in C. S. Army.
5. Joseph Jones, d. s. p.
6. Cary Jones married and had issue.
7. Daniel Jones, unm.
II. Amelia Ann Jones= Willis Whitaker, issue :.
1. Willis Whitaker, Jr.=Pattie Jones; s. p.
2. Sallie Cornelia Whitaker.
3. Joel Whitaker=lst, Helen Jones; issue
one child. =2d, Willie Toxie and,
have three children.
4. Lucy Whitaker.
5. Annie Whitaker.
III. Nathaniel Jones died.
IV. Rufus Jones=Sarah Merritt and lives in Cary,
N. C. They have 3 sons and 3 daughters.
V. Adolphus Jones= Frances Hooks and have 1
dau. They live in Cary, N. C.
and Their Descendants. 291
Matthew Jones=Sarah Kimbrough (dau. of
Nathaniel Kimbrough and Mary Alston), issue :
1. Nathaniel Jones = Jones and Hon.
James Kimbrough Jones, of Arkansas, was
their son.
2. Kimbrough Jones married and had 1 son,
Calvin.
These brothers removed from Tennessee
to Dallas County, Arkansas.
3. Daniel Jones, no record of him.
4. Mary Jones m. Hancock.
5. Annie Jones, married Harper, of Mem-
phis, Tenn.
All of the above family moved from North
Carolina to Hardiman County, Tenn.
Gaskia Jones= William Barbee; 4 daughters:
1. Delia Barbee m. Dr. Cave.
2. Emily Barbee m. Early Nunn.
3. Margaret Barbee m. James Hargraves.
4. Caroline Barbee m. Patterson.
292 The Kimbrough Family.
KIMBROUGH.
All who bear this name in America are claimed to be of
one family, and of Scotch descent. While there is no
record to show when they came and where they first set-
tled, we find them in North Carolina in 1742, and there is
reason to believe that the family accompanied Governor
Gabriel Johnson when he came over in 1734, first landing
in New Hanover county, thence passing northward to
where we find them near the head-waters of the Neuse
and Cape Fear rivers.
The first mention we have of the name is Buckley Kim-
brough, Dec. 19th, 1736, in Edgecomb county, in the will
of Philip Mulkey.
Among the children are :
Nathaniel Kimbrough, of Wake, who died 1781 (q. v.).
Major John Kimbrough, who was member of the Assem-
bly from Guilford in 1773, and died 1796. He removed
to Great Pedee, S. C, just before or during the Revo-
lution. He married Hannah Kolb, and they had an
only dau., Elisabeth, who married Col. Lemuel Benton,
and their dau., Gilly Hinton Benton, married Isaiah
Dubose. (Bishop Greggs' old Cheraws.)
Frances Kimbrough == Col. Samuel Benton, of Oxford,
Granville county (q. v.).
Grizel Kimbrough = Col. John Hinton, of Wake
county (q.v.).
Elisabeth Kimbrough = Col. Thomas Loyd. They re-
moved to South Carolina before the Revolution, and
had an only dau., who m. Wilson and d. leaving no
children.
Ann Kimbrough = 1st, William Alston.
2d, Jeconias Yancey (q. v.).
The Kimbrough Family. 293
Besides the above there were others which we cannot
locate, not being able to obtain the original family record.
Among them we find a dau. of Nathaniel Kimbrough had
also married a Kimbrough prior to 1780, whose first name
we have not.
William Kimbrough bought land from Earl Granville in
1762, and his name is also upon the Revolutionary pay-
roll, but we can find no family records on file.
Thomas and Elisha Kimbrough also appear upon the
Revolutionary pay-roll, but we cannot locate them.
Leanah and Tabitha, also upon the pay-roll, were doubtless
widows or orphans who drew the pay and signed the
roll.
Marmaduke Kimbrough obtained a patent for land in
1742, upon Enoh and Little rivers.
Thus we find Kimbrough had at least five of the name
in the Revolutionary army in North Carolina.
William Kimbrough.
The following is obtained from Mr. W. N. Kimbrough,
a very old man living in Hills Dale, Guilford county,
N. C. :
William Kimbrough had 3 sons, viz. : William, James
and John. William settled in the eastern part of the
State. James went to Giles county, Tenn. John settled
in Caswell county, and married Miss Turner, in Hillsboro.
His son John married a Miss Miles and had 11 children ;
of these John, the second son, died in Alabama, and the
widow, with one dau. and three sons, came to Guilford*
and the dau. married Martin Miles. One of the boys was
named John Kimbrough.
Marquis de Lafayette and Bob Carter went to Ohio.
My oldest sister, Jane, m James Kimbrough and lived
in Giles county, Tenn. They had 16 or 18 children, and
after their death the children went to Texas.
294 The Kimbrough Family.
Marmaduke Kimbrough.
We have not been able to trace the descendants of him,
but among the records of deeds in Anson county, in 1796,
are the following from James Pickett to Marmaduke
Kimbrough, John, Nathaniel and James Kimbrough, in
which he refers to them as brothers, and mentions Ann Kim-
brough as a friend. These 4 may have been sons of Mar-
maduke Kimbrough, Sr.
Nathaniel Kimbrough=Mary Alston, (dau. of
Solomon Alston, Sr.= Ann Hinton dau. of John
Hinton, of Chowan) born about 1732.
His will is recorded in Wake County, from which we
make the following abstract:
1st. To my loving wife, Mary, during her natural
life or widowhood.
2. My dau. Elisabeth Warren (wife of Henry War-
ren).
3. My dau. Ann Moore (wife of Lewis Moore.).
4. Grand-daughter Sarah Kimbrough, dau. of my
dau. Charity.
5. My son John Kimbrough.
6. My son James Kimbrough (he afterwards married
Margaret (Peggy) dau. of Nathaniel and Ann
(Snickers) Jones (q. v.).
7. To my children : dau. Charity.
Dau. Gilly, (Grizel married in 1782 to Nathaniel,
son of Nathaniel and Ann (Snickers) Jones.).
(q.v.).
Dau. Penny.
Sons John and James.
Daughters Polly and Sally.
Executors :
My brother John Kimbrough, my son John*
The Kimbrough Family. 295
Henry Warren, John Hinton Jr. aud Thomas
Hines.
Signed and sealed 12th July A. D., 1781.
Witnesses :
his
James x Mitchell (Jurat).
mark
his
Swann x Thompson.
mark
Lewis Moore (Jurat).
Mary (Polly) Kimbrough, in above will, married John
Martin, founder of the school at Wake Forest. Their dau.
Ann Martin = Willis Somerville, were the parents of wife
of James K. Jones, Senator from Arkansas, and Sarah
(Sally) Kimbrough=Matthew Jones, (brother of Nathaniel
who married her sister) and their sou Nathaniel was the
•father of Hon. James K. Jones.
Sally Kimbrough married January 31st, 1797, and d.
1808, and Matthew Jones died 1843.
Frances Kimbrough — Col. Samuel Benton, of
Granville county.
Samuel Benton was a [very prominent man and ap-
pointed, together with Solomon Alston, Jr., justices of the
peace for Granville by Gov. Tryon.
His seat of 1,000 acres was called " Oxford " where the
town of Oxford now stands. We are not informed as to
his ancestry or where or when he married Frances Kim-
brough.
His w ? ill was probated April court, 1770.
Devisees :
Frances, his wife.
Samuel Benton, Jr., of Orange county, d. 1810.
Jesse Benton.
296 The Kimbrough Family.
Bettie Bruce (wife of Charles Bruce).
Penny.
Pattey.
Augustine Benton.
Executors : Jesse Benton and Charles Bruce.
Witnesses:
Broomfield Ridley.
Samuel Henderson.
Thomas Henderson.
John Kimbrough=Wido\v (Amy) Pickett, whose
maiden name was Alston (most probably Fanny Foster,
dau. of Henry Alston (son of Solomon), Jr., and his wife,;
Sarah, dau. of Thomas Hill of Halifax). They had 2 sons,.
viz. :
(1) John Alston Kimbrough=zEllen Dumas of
North Carolina.
(2) Henry T. Kimbrough, of whom there is no fur-
ther record.
John Alston Kimbrough married near Grassy Island, on
Pedee river, in Anson County, and, together with his
brother and parents, came to Alabama about 1832 and set-
tled near Hampden, in Marengo County. His father died
there about 1839, aged 70 years, and his mother about
1835, aged 60 years. They had 6 sons, viz. :
(1) Francis Henry, b. 1830, m. 1854 to Rebecca
Gratville, and had 6 sons (q. v.). He was in
the Confederate army, and wounded at Mur-
fresboro January 1st, 1863. Also served in
the State Legislature in 1884-5.
(2) Julius A. was killed at Sharpsburg.
(3) C. C. Kimbrough died 1864, on the Nashville
& Franklin trip.
(4) W. A. Kimbrough lives at Pine Hill.
(5) F. F. Kimbrough lives at Arlington.
(6) John Alston Kimbrough, Jr., died in 1845.
The Kimbrough Family. 297
Francis Henry Kimbrough=Rebecca Gratville. Issue:
1. John Alston Kimbrough died. He had a daugh-
ter, Mary Alston Kimbrough, who also died.
2. Dr. W. L. Kimbrough lives at Linden, Ala.
3. Dr. F. G. Kimbrough lives at Salado, Texas.
4. Dr. Thomas G. Kimbough, Coatopa, Sumter
County, Ala.
5. C. C. Kimbrough, attorney at St. Stephens.
6. Julius A., died.
The above notes of John Kimbrough's family were fur-
nished by Mr. F. H. Kimbrough.
(Note. — Thus we find John Kimbrough, son of Mary,.
the oldest child of Solomon Alston=:Nancy Hinton; mar-
ried the gr.-dau. of his mother's brother, SolomoD, Jr.)
298 William and Ann (Kimbrough) Alston
H William Alston lived and died in Edgecombe,
now Halifax, county. He served at one time as
Justice of the Peace. He married Ann Kim-
brough about 1735, and died about 1743.
Their children were :
1 1. Mary = Benjamin Hardee of Eng-
land.
£ 2. Elizabeth = Thomas Crawford of
Great Pedee. After the death of
William Alston, his widow m Jeconias
Yancey of Halifax, and bore him 5
daughters, viz.:
3. Frances = Francis Jones.
4. Grizel (Gilly)= James Alston.
5. Sarah = Samuel Yeargan.
6. Priscilla = William Hurt.
7. Elisabeth = Rev. John Dickens.
Oa account of frequent intermarriages, the families of
Kimbrough, Yancey, Jones and Hinton are mentioned:
1 Benjamin Hardee m. Mary Alston about 1754.
They must have lived in Wake, as he represented that
county together with Thomas Hines in 1773 in the General
Assembly. He died in May, 1775, and his will is recorded
in Book No. 1, p. 75. We only have record of their hav-
ing one daughter, Martha, who married Lt. Col. Wm.
Alston of Shocco Creek, and left large family [q. v.).
After the death of Benjamin Hardee, his widow married
Major Thomas Hines, who had represented the county in
the General Assembly in 1773 in connection with him,
aud who had been sheriff of the county in 1774. But
there was no issue by this marriage.
2 It is not certainly known when Elisabeth Alston
and Their Descendants. 299
married Thomas Crawford, but it was after 1756, as her
grandfather in his will of that date mentions her as
Elisabeth Alston.
(Of the family of Thomas Crawford we give the follow-
ing sketch, furnished by Mr. E. A. Crawford, of Mid-
way, Fla.)
John Crawford was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in
1600, and came to this country in 1643, bringing his only
child David, born in 1625, with him ; the wife and mother
having died in Old Scotia. They settled in James City Co.,
Va. John was killed during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676,
of which he was one of the organizers. We do not know
the uame of David's wife, nor the date ot his marriage.
But the Church and County Records of New Kent Co., Va.,
show that his children were :
Elisabeth = Nicholas Meriwether.
Lucy = Lewis.
Angelina = McGuire.
Captain David, born 1662 = Elisabeth Smith in 1684
and died in Sept. 1762.
John, who died Dec. 13th, 1689.
Captain David's children were:
David = Ann Anderson.
Elisabeth = James Martin.
John = Mary Duke.
Mary = John Rhodes.
Judith = Joseph Terry.
Michael, born in 1707, came South when quite a
young man, married we do not know whom, and
settled on the Great Pedee, in South Carolina.
The only child of whom we have any record was
Thomas, who moved back to Virginia and set-
tled in Brunswick Co., where he married and where
some of his children were born. He removed later
to the neighborhood of Raliegh and afterwards to
300 William and Ann (Kimbrough) Alston
Halifax, and thence about 1794 to Georgia, Greene
Co., where he raised a large family of children.
The following sketch of his descent was made by Miss
Martha Alston, of Monroe Co., Georgia, in 1836:
I. Hardee. 2. Thomas -Martha Banks (dau.
of James Banks, Sr.,) aud Charity (Alston)
dau. of James Alston and Gilly (Yancey)
(q. v.).
3. John. 4. Mary = is now a widow living
in Hall Co., Ga.
5. William - - has a son Hardee, and a dau.
Mrs. Merritt, and a dau. Mrs. Owen, lived
near McDonough, Henry Co.
6. Elisabeth = and had 2 sons.
7. Gilly = 1st Hawkins and had 3 sons.
= 2d Boone and had 1 son, Dr.
John Boone, of Columbus, Ga., and 3
daughters, viz. : Mrs. Guffiugton, of La-
Grange, Ga.; Mrs. Robson, of Madison,
and 1 unmarried, living near Madison, Ga.
8. David = Fanny, sister of William Harris
Crawford. Note, (aud are the parents of
Dr. John Lovick Crawford, the present
Secretary of State of Florida.)
9. Nancy = Bennett Crawford, a brother of
Wm. H., and after her death he =
10. Martha, her sister.
II. Sarah = Boone, lives in Lee Co., and
has a large family.
The children of (2) Thomas Crawford and Martha
Banks, his wife were :
Elisabeth = Reese, of Madison, Ga.,
who had 1 son, Augustus Reese, and 7
and Their Descendants. 301
daughters, 2 of whom married Dr. Stovall,
of Greene Co., and 1 married Foster,
and lived in Bibb Co., Ga.
During tho Confederate War, 1860-1865, the members of
this Crawford family were all loyal and brave Confederates,
serving in various capacities from colonel to private; and
for generations past have figured conspicuously in the
political arena, furnishing a full quota of officers, County,
State and United States, among them Cabinet officers,
United States Senators, Members of Congress, Governors
and Supreme Court Judges.
YANCEY.
The precise date of the marriage of Ann Alston, nee
Kimbrough, with Jeconias Yancy is not known, but
must have been about 1748-9. Before giving their chil-
dren's descent, we will make a brief notice of the Yancey
family, taken from a letter addressed to Asbury Dickens,
March 22nd, 1853, and written by Major Charles Yancey
of Buckingham Couuty, Va., in the eighty-fourth year of
his age, and was obtained from Francis Asbury Dickens,
son of Asbury Dickens, living at Ossian Hall, near Alex-
andria, Va. : "Three brothers, viz. : Lewis, Richard and
Henry, came to this country, and, as an intelligent uncle
of Charles Yancey informs me, from England, but W. L.
Yancey believes they came from Wales. Lewis Davis
Yancey m. and settled in Louisa County. I descended
from his stock, and my sister Miller and myself heired the
place (400 acres) on which he lived and died. Henry m.
and settled in Culpepper County. Richard went to North
Carolina and settled in that State, and all the Yanceys of
the two Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama, yourself among
them, are descended from Richard Yancey, and my belief
302 William and Ann (Kimbrough) Alston
is that my father and your mother's father were first
cousins. My father was a talented man, an Episcopal
priest ordained by the Bishop of Canterbury about 1764,
and next day preached to the royal family. He was the
first divine to preach universal redemption on this con-
tinent."
8 Frances Yancey= Francis Jones, son of Frank
Jones and Betsy Ridley his wife (q. v.) for issue.
4 Grizel (Gilly) Yancey, b. April 11th, 1752=Jame&
Alston, of Neuse River, N. C, in 1774, and after
her marriage lived in Orauge County until after the
Revolution. For further history see James Alston.
5 Sarah Yancey=Samuel Yeargan of Roanoke River,
N. C. They had an only daughter, Sarah, who m.
Thomas Alston, the son of William Alston and
Martha (Hardee), his wife. They had no issue. This
Samuel Yeargan was probably the son of Samuel
Yeargan. Sr., and had a sister, Sarah Yeargan, who
m. Wm Alston, son of Joseph John Alston, the
elder.
Co-
6 Priscilla Yancey= William Hurt of Halifax, N. CV ^
Her descendants in 1824 were in Georgia. ( KwixA- — H -'
I. Henry Hurt, a widower, with 7 children.
II. Joel Hurt was quite wealthy, having married an
heiress, and had a large family.
III. Elisabeth married Samuel Reed. She died in
in 1832 (at Monticello, Ga.), leaving 5 chil-
dren, one of whom, Elizabeth Yancey, mar-
ried Jordan of Monticello. Another married
a distant relative, Charles Hurt, of Putnam
County, Ga., and resides near Eatonton.
and Their Descendants. 30-3
7 Elisabeth Yancey=Rev. John Dickens of England,
and of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Baltimore.
Of their descendants living in 1868, there was Miss
Eloisa Baker of Baltimore, and the children and gr.-
children of their eldest child, Asbury Dickens. Mrs.
Elisabeth Dickens' home in Baltimore was the resting
place of the venerable Bishop Asbury. Her son, Asbury
Dickens, was secretary of the U. S. Senate for twenty
years. During the whole period he drew nothing of the
salary due him for services. In July, 1861, he was re-
moved by the Republicans and denied all compensation.
He died in October of the same year.
He left 4 sons and 4 daughters. Three of the sons mar-
ried and had families. James died in 1865, leaving a
widow and 3 children, all young. Thomas was in del-
icate health and had a wife and large family of small
children. He was a clerk in his father's office, and was
turned out the day after his father. He removed with
his family to California, and resided at San Francisco.
One of the daughters married Commodore MacCauley,
U. S. Navy.
Edward, the youngest son, never married.
Francis Asbury Dickens married Miss M. Randolph
of Virginia, in 1839, and resided upon his farm at
Ossian Hall, in Fairfax County, near Alexandria, Ya. In
1868 he had five children and one gr.-child living.
His eldest son Frank was at the North Carolina Mil-
itary Institute when the war broke out, went with Gen-
eral Hill to Bethel, and served through the whole war
in the Virginia Cavalry. He sent his two daughters
South in October, 1861, and they did not return home
until 1865. One of them married Henry T. Wright in
1866, and resides in Goochland, on James river.
Being an old man he attempted to remain at home,
but was imprisoned and persecuted, and after being 13
304 William and Ann (Kimbrough) Alston
times a prisoner or under arrest, and in various prisons,
in 1863 he made his escape and went South.
HINTON.
In Vol. I. of Colonial Reports of North Carolina, page
39, we find reference to William Hinton with others from
Barbadoes making exploration of the coast of North Car-
olina and mentioning the Albemarle section. This was in
August, 1660, and although we cannot determine his set-
tlement there or trace his descent, we find in 1730 in
•Chowan (now Gates), Col. John Hinton, a man of prom-
inence, wealth and widely-spread connection with many of
the most influential families in the colony. The following
abstract from his will is made.
1st. Well beloved son Hardy Hinton.
2d. Well beloved son John Hinton.
3d. Well beloved son William Hinton.
These sons not yet 18 years of age.
His children in order, viz.: Ann Alston, Mary, Judah,
Rachel, Rose, Sarah, Charity, Hardy, John, William and
Malachia Hinton.
His well beloved wife, Mary, and well beloved son Hardy
Hinton and trusty and well beloved brother, William Hin-
ton, executors, and brother William Hinton to be overseer
and trustee for his 4 sons above mentioned.
Witnesses, James Hinton, Joseph Ashley, Thomas
Rountree.
Probated 25th April, 1732.
After the death of John Hinton, his widow, Mary, mar-
ried, in 1732, to Thomas Holliday.
His daughter Ann, had (previous to 1730) married Sol-
omon Alston, Sr. Sarah subsequently married Benjamin
Blanchard, and John married Grizel Kimbrough (sister
of Nathaniel). He settled on Neuse River, about 5 miles
from Raleigh, where he patented several thousand acres of
and Their Descendants. 305
land. He was a member of Provincial Congress at Hills-
boro, Aug. 1775. In May, 1771, he commanded a
detachment from Wake under Gov. Tryon against the
Regulators. In October, 1773, he was appointed Colonel
of militia for Wake, and his son, John Hinton, Jr.,
appointed Major of the same. Was appointed Col. of
North Carolina militia Sept. 9, 1775, and John Hinton, Jr.,
Major of North Carolina militia at same date. Col. John
Hinton was on Committee of Safety for Hillsboro district
in Sept. 1775, and a member of the Provincial Congress
of North Carolina at Halifax, in April, 1776. He d.
1784 in Wake county; his children were :
I. Major John Hinton =Pherebee Smith, of Smith -
field, N. C.
II. James Hinton=Delilah Hunter.
III. Sarahz=Needham (son of Col. Needham Bryan).
IV. Mary=Col. Joel Lane, of Broombury.
V. Alice= John James.
VI. Elisabeth=Thomas James.
V II. Kimbrough Hinton.
VIII. David Hintonr=Jane Lewis.
His numerous descendants continue to hold rank with
the prominent and influential citizens of the State and
deserve a separate and extended notice.
20 al
Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston. 307
Copy of Phillip Alston's Will.
In the name of God, amen. I, Phillip Alston, of
Warren county, in the State of North Carolina, being
weak in body but in perfect sound mind and memory,
praise be given therefor to Almighty God, do make and
ordain this, my last will and testament in manner and
form following, that is to say, first and principally I com-
mend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, hoping
through the merits, Death and Passion of my Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free par-
don of all my sins and to inherit Everlasting Life, and my
body I recommend to the earth, to be buried at the dis-
cretion of my Executors herein after named ; and as
touching the disposal of all such Temporal Estate as it has
pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and dispose thereof
as follows :
Item. I give unto my son, William Alston, all the ne-
groes and other things that I have already possessed him
with, to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my son, Thomas W. Alston, all the
negroes and other things that I have already possessed
him with, to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my daughter, Elizabeth Williams,
all the negroes and other things that I have already pos-
sessed her with, to her and her heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my son, Phillip G. Alston, part of a
tract of land I purchased of William Alston, known by
the name of Rails' place, beginning on Blanchett's Branch
where a small Branch empties into it, then up the small
Branch to Blanchett's Branch near the mill path; also
308 Phillip and "Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
one other tract of land beginning on the Maple swamp at
the mouth of Buck Branch, then up the Buck Branch to
the head, then with my son Tommey's line to Ginney's
Branch, then down Ginney's Branch to where it empties
into the Maple, then down said Maple swamp to the be-
ginning ; also two mares, one got by old Barneysides and
the other a small bay, and also all the negroes, and other
things that I have already possessed him with, to him and
his heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my daughter, Winifred Cocke, all
the negroes, and other things that I have already presented
her with, to her heirs and assigns forever.
Item. I give unto my beloved wife, Winifred Alston,
eight negroes, to-wit : Tom, David, Old Perry, Lucy,
Phillis, Squire, Perry and Easter; and one-half of my
household and kitchen furniture, fifteen head of cattle, one
horse by the name of Osborne ; two mares, one a bay and
the other a sorrel with a blaze in her face, and five sows
and pigs, during her natural life, and after her decease to
be equally divided between my son William Alston, my
son Thomas W. Alston, my son Phillip G. Alston, my
daughter Winifred Cocke, or to their heirs and assigns.
Item. I give unto my son, Samuel Alston, all the re-
mainder part of my estate, excepting what I have before
given, both real and personal, to him, his heirs and assigns
forever, and my desire is that my executors do with my
son Samuel's part of my estate as they think will be most
to the interest thereof until he comes of age.
Lastly. I constitute and appoint my son William
Alston, my son Thomas W. Alston, and my son Phillip
G. Alston, Executors of this my last will and testament,
and I do hereby revoke and make void all former wills
and testaments by me heretofore made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
and Their Descendants. 309
seal this Eleventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.
Phillip Alston (Seal).
Test. :
Stephen Marshall.
Samuel Marshall.
John Harvey.
Sally Crossland.
Probated July Court, 1784, Warren County.
P Phillip Alston married Winifred Whitmel, the
daughter of Thomas Whitmel = Elisabeth Hunter
Bryan, of Bertie county, in 1746. They lived in
Warren county, N. C. (See will of Philip Alston.)
He died 20th Nov., 1783, and his wife died in 1795.
Issue :
1 I. William, born Oct. 7th, 1747 ; died July
15th, 1795 (q. v.).
II. Philip, b. January 10th, 1749; d. quite
young.
III. Mary, b. Dec. 5th, 1751 ; d. quite young.
IV. Elisabeth, b. Nov. 3d, 1753.
= Col. Joseph John Williams (q. v.) .
2 V. Thomas Whitmel, b. Aug. 17th, 1755;
issue (q. v.).
VI. Martha, b. Sep. 26th, 1757 ; d. unm.
VII. Henry Guston, b. Sep. 17th, 1760.
3 VIII. Philip Guston, b. Feb. 5th, 1762 ; issue
(q. <>.).
4. IX. Winifred, b. Nov. 28th, 1764; m. twice.
= 1st, Henry Hill ; issue (q. v.).
= 2d, Joseph Cocke ; issue (q. v.).
5 X. Samuel, b. July 5th, 1770; issue (q. v.).
Died Nov., 1809.
The genealogical and historical data for the families of
310 Phillip and "Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
Winifred Cocke and Samuel Alston have been obtained
through Mr. James H. Fitts, of Tuscaloosa.
1 William Alston married in 1773 Martha Hardee,
only child of Benjamin Hardee=Mary, dau. of
William Alston = Ann Kimbrough. He was a
member of the Provincial Congress at Halifax
April 4th, 1776, and was appointed Lt. Col. of the
Bute Regt. Was on a committee with Thomas
Eaton and Joseph John Williams to buy ammuni-
tion. He was also one of a committee to* regulate
the militia and one of the executors of the will of
Joseph John Alston. The house in which he lived
on Shocco Creek is still standing. His children were:
I. Benjamin, b. 1774; was killed when a young
man and unm.
6 II. Philip b. March 5, 1776; d. 1812; issue
{q.v.).
7 III. William, b. Dec. 29, 1777; d. 1810; issue
(q. v.).
IV. Whitmel Hardee Alston d. s. p.
7\ V. Thomas b. Feb. 16, 1781 ; d. 1850, s. p.
S VI. Samuel Williams b. June 23, 1782; d. 1830;
issue (q. v.).
VII. Medicus Alston b. Feb. 4, 1784 ; d. unm.
VIII. James Alston b. Nov. 21, 1785; died young.
IX. Mary b. March 11, 1788; married Col. Jos.
Hawkins who survived her and after her death
married her sister.
X. Martha Hardee b. Jan. 21, 1790; issue (q.v.).
XL Elisabeth Matilda b. Dec. 29, 1791=William
Williams (Pretty Billy) (q. v.).
XII. Benj. Hardee, James, Maria b. Dec. 25, 1793 ;
d. July 15, 1883; m. William Kinchen Kear-
ney (q. V.).
and Their Descendants. 311
£ Philip Alston= Elisabeth Whitmel Williams
Johnson, dau. of John Johnson and Elisabeth
Williams his wife, issue 6 ch. viz :
I. John Johnson b. Aug. 1801.
II. James Johnson Alston b. June, 1803 ; married
Maria Somerville who survived him and
afterwards m. Hon. John Blair Hoge, s. p.
III. Benj. Hardee Alston b. July 1806; graduated
in 1824 at Chapel Hill.
IV. Mary (Polly) b. April 1808= Whitmel H. A.
Kearney (q. v.).
V. Medicus Alexander Johnson Alston b. Nov.
1810.
VI. Rev. Philip Williams Whitmel Alston b.
Feb. 1813. Married 1st, — Cary. 2d,
Martha Booth, of Tennessee.
7 William ALSTON=May, 1796, Elisabeth Whit-
mel Williams, dau. of Samuel Williams
of Martin County, and Charity Alston Daw-
son, his wife. Their only child Charity
Dawson Alston = John Allen Williams, son
of Samuel Williams =Mary Eaton issue
(q. v.).
7\ Thomas Alston=Sarah Yancey Yeargan (only
child of Samuel Yeargan= Sarah Yancey (s. p.).
He was a man of much wealth and represented
Franklin County in the legislature in 1808.
8 Samuel Williams Alston, of Wake County, died
about 1830. He had just passed through a politi-
cal campaign in which he had been elected to the
legislature, and died of fever contracted during the
canvas, never having taken his seat. He married
312 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
Sarah Dawson Williams, dau. of Samuel Wil-
liams^ Charity Alston Dawson, of Martin Couuty*
They had 7 children, viz:
I. William Medicus Alston died unm. in 1896, at
his home near Wake Forest, North Carolina.
9 II. Samuel Williams Alston, Jr. = Adeline Perry;
issue (q. v.). (Dau. of Joshua Perry=Elisa-
beth Kearney, and gr. dau. of Burrell Perry
(and Mary Massey, his wife,) of Franklin Co*
A very wealthy and prominent citizen.).
10 III. Sarah Yancey Yeargan Alston born 1813, died
1870= Dr. Alexander H. Taylor, born 1805 ;
died 1858; issue (q. v.).
11 IV. Martha Hardee Alston, born 1820; died 1895; m
in 1838 James Grey Jeffreys, born 1814; died
1854. A prominent and successful farmer of
Wake County. Issue (q. v.).
12 V. Charity Dawson Alston=Rev. William J. Lang-
don, issue (q. V.) .
13 VI. Mary Clark Alston=Dr. Solomon G. Ward,
issue (q. v.).
VII. Frances Ann, died at 13 years of age.
9 Samuel Williams Alston, Jr. = Adeline Perry.
Issue :
I. Samuel Alston — — Watkins, of Memphis,
Tenn. No record of this family.
II. William Medicus Alston ; no record.
III. Thomas Alston ; no record.
IV. Guston Alston m. 1813 to Martha Ma-
con, dau. of Gideon Hunt Macon, and
his 2d wife, Mary Hartwell. Issue :
I. Sarah = Edmund Green, of Hay-
wood county, Tenn., and had 4
children ; none are living.
and Their Descendants. 313
II. Guston or Auguston Alston, b.
in Warren county, N. C, but
engaged in the practice of medi-
cine in Haywood county, Tenn.,
from 1847 until the close of the
war, when he removed to Mem-
phis and was made clerk and
master in chancery, which posi-
tion he held for seven years.
He died 1889 in Haywood county,
Tenn. In 1847 he married Mary
B. Hay, of Haywood county,.
Tenn. They had a daughter,
Medora, b. 1850 and m. in 1870
to Tiff Smith, and again Oct.,.
1892, to Nathaniel A. Flour-
noy ; no issue.
V. Joseph William Alston ; no record.
VI. Sarah Dawson Alston = Major Maclin,.
of Detroit.
VII. Bettie Johnson Alston = Rob't Alston,
son of John Crowell.
VIII Evelyn Perry Alston, Jr. = Elisabeth Mont-
ford, of Virginia; have 7 children; no
family record.
10 Sarah Yancey Yeargan Alston - Dr. Alexander
Hamilton Taylor. Issue :
I. Georgiana Virginia Taylor = JohnSpivey, a
merchant of Memphis, Tenn. He was a
colonel in the Confederate army.
II Rosa Frances Alston Taylor= Col. George
Henry Faribault (born 1834, died 1897,
married 1850) of Raleigh, N. C. At the
age of 22 he was elected State senator in
314 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
the county where he lived. In 1861 he
was captain of the Oak City Guards of
Raleigh; was elected lieut-col. of 47th
N. C. regiment, and afterwards became
colonel and commanded the brigade at
Gettysburg, where he was wounded. Their
children were :
I. Claudia R. Faribault, b. 1851==
Thomas J. Floyd of Edenton,
N. C., and have dau., Georgia
Floyd.
II. Ada Faribault, 1853-1899 ==
Gaston Rhodes : Issue:
1. James Rhodes, 1882-1899.
2. Sallie Rhodes, 1883.
3. Rosa Alston Rhodes, 1887.
4. Frank Rhodes, 1892.
III. Sallie G. Faribault died while
young.
IV. Virginia Newsom Faribault,
1856 = Silas Eugene Kitchen,
of Johnson county ; have a dau.,
Claudia Leila Kitchen, 1880.
V. Rosa Hamilton Faribault, 1857
= George Cooper Kitchen,
1855. They reside in Austin,
Texas. Issue :
1. Rosa Frances Kitchen, 188 1.
2. Charles Kitchen, 1883.
3. Norma Kitchen, 1884.
4. Alice Lucile Kitchen, 1886.
5. Clara Kitchen, 1888.
6. George Kitchen, 1890.
7. May Yancey Kitchen, 1892.
8. Samuel Kitchen, 1894.
and Their Descendants. 315
9. Hudson Kitchen, 1895.
10. Lewis Kitchen, 1897.
11. "Baby," 1899.
VI. Joseph Francis Faribault, 1863-
1899 = Bessie Marshall. They
resided in California.
VII. Lizzie T. Faribault died young.
VIII. MaryR. Faribault, 1867= Doth
Johnson. They live in Corsi-
cana, Texas. Issue :
1. Elisabeth Douglas Johnson.
1891.
2. Rosalie Johnson, 1893.
IX. George Henry Faribault, Jr., 1869
— Clara Geyser.
X. Ellen Faribault, 1871-1889.
XL William Vannah Faribault, 1873.
XII. Zuleika Faribault, 1876 = in 1896
George Vernon.
III. Nathaniel Alexander Taylor is a law-
yer by profession and also has a wide repu-
tation as a journalist. " The coming em-
pire, or 2,000 miles in Texas on horse-
back," is from his facile pen. He resides
in Chapel Hill, Texas. His wife, Alice
Grainger, has fine musical attainments,
both natural and acquired. When quite a
child she was selected to sing a solo, and
present a flag, with a little speech, to Pres-
ident Jefferson Davis, at the opera-house in
Houston, Texas. This literary and musical
talent has been transmitted to their chil-
dren, viz. :
I. Xatalie Alston Taylor (who is quite
316 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
a musician) was married in 1893
to John Carlisle, of Franklin
county, North Carolina, but now
of Chapel Hill, Texas. They
have one daughter, viz. : Zehrali
Alston Carlisle, 1894.
II. Grace Blanche Taylor has quite a
literary turn of mind. Among
other productions, at the age of
17, she translated from the
original Greek, " Anacreon's Ode
to Cupid Benighted," and para-
phrased it, which has been very
highly commended.
III. Kennith Alston Taylor has from
early childhood shown marked
musical ability.
IV. Alston Douglas Taylor, 1880, has
developed an unusual mechanical
talent, and is quite successful as
an electrician.
V. Paul Grainger Taylor, 1887.
IV. Dr. Samuel Alston Taylor=Annie
Pierce, of Wilmington, N. C. They
reside at East Point, Ga. Issue :
I. Margaret Hill Taylor.
II. Louise Abercrombie Taylor.
III. Wentworth Hamilton Taylor.
IV. Annie Pierce Taylor, died young.
V. Sallie Alston Taylor.
VI. Mary Faison Taylor.
V. Matilda Maud Taylor= Gilbert J.
Green, of New York. Issue:
and Their Descendants. 317
I. Wilmer Alexander Greene.
II. Nellie Alston Greene r=Capt. Lee
Johnson, of Southern Railway
Issue :
1. Gladys Maud Johnson.
2. Floy Lee Johnson.
11 Martha Hardee Alston, b. 1820; m. 1838; d.
1895=James Grey Jeffreys, b. 1814; d. 1854.
A prominent and successful farmer of Wake Co.
His father was a son of William Jeffreys=Mary
Grey, and had a sister Mary Grey Jeffreys who m.
Nathaniel Alston, son of James and Gilly Alston.
I. Pauline Sarah Jeffreys, 1839=lst in
1862, to Robert Kenan Williams, of
Sampson Co. (merchant). He was 1st Lt.
in a North Carolina regiment in 1862 and
was killed the same year in the battle at
Kingston. One son was born to them, viz.:
Robert Kenan Williams who m. Lucy
Stith, of Raleigh, in 1893, and is a travel-
ing salesman. They have 3 children, viz.:
1. Robert Stith Williams, 1894.
2. Lena Child, 1895.
3. Benjamin Williams, 1895.
After the death of her husband in 1862, Mrs.
Williams remained a widow until 1877,
when she again married. Mr. W. H.
Mitchell, son of Jas. S. Mitchell, of Ber-
tie Co., who was a merchant and farmer in
Franklin Co. N. C. They had one daughter
Ruth Alston Mitchell, who d. in infancy.
II. Homogenia Jeffreys, b. 1841 ; d. at 13 years
of age.
318 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
III. Thomas J. Jeffreys, b. 18 43; d. a prisoner of
war at Point Lookout, Md., 1864.
IV. Mary Dawson Jeffreys, b. 1845=Bry'an
Whitfield Green, m. 1869; a successful
farmer of Wake Co. (His father Bryan Green,
of Wayne Co.= Sallie Jeffreys, dau. of David
Jeffreys, of Franklin Co. They have 3
children, viz. :
Mary Lynn Green, b. 1870; m. 1894
Kimbrough Jones, (q. v.).
James Bryau Green, b. 1873; is a mer-
chant in Raleigh.
Leela Onita Green, b. 1881 ; is a student
at the Peace Institute, Raleigh, N. C.
V. Orien Gertrude Jeffreys b. 1847=in 1869
Leonidas Macon Green (a brother of Bryan
Green) a farmer of Wake Co., N. C. He
served in the civil war under Gen. R. E. Lee,
was captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863,
and held a prisoner of war for twenty-one
months. They have 3 children, viz :
1. Mattie Alston Green, 1870= Walter
Hunter in 1895, a merchantin Raleigh and
have one sou, Walter Thomas Hunter.
2. Annie Lee Green, 1871=Cicero Os-
borne Ball, a grocer, of Raleigh, in 1893,
and have 3 children, viz :
1. Gertrude Laura Ball, 1894.
2. Emma Lynn Ball, 1896.
3. Jenette Green Ball, 1897.
3. Thomas Erastus Green, 1873, railroading
and merchandising in Raleigh.
VI. Lula Alston Jeffreys, 1849 m. 1st Sim-
eon Thorf, of Johnson Co., a farmer and
and Their Descendants. 319
married 2d B. H. Cozart, a tobacconist, of
Oxford, N. C. She has 3 children, viz. :
Gertrude, aged 12 years.
(1899) Jeffreys, aged 10 years.
Sadie, aged 7 years.
VII. Samuel Roberts Jeffreys, 1852 ; farmer, unm.
VIII. James Grey Jeffreys, 1854, farmer, unm.
12 Charity Dawson Alston=Rev. W. J. Langdon,
of M. E. Church. Issue :
I. Frances Alston Langdon = Goss, of South Caro-
lina, who 'was at onetime member of Congress.
II. Sallie Alston Langdon =Dr. J. A. Weber, of
Yorkville, S. C.
13 Mary Clark Alston = Dr. Solomon G. Ward, of
Warrenton, N. C. Issue:
I. Medicus Ward, killed in Confederate Army.
II. Samuel Alston Ward, killed in Confederate
Army.
III. Plummer Ward, died young.
The following, with a few corrections, is a copy of a
letter written some years since by the late Dr. Solomon G.
Ward, Warrenton, N. C.
Editor Marshall Messenger:
I have read the communication submitted to me by you,
and at your request will endeavor to correct the discrepan-
cies published in relation to the genealogy and conduct of the
Alston family. Having been the physician in the Alston
family for nearly half a century ; a kinsman and the hus-
band of Mary Clark Alston, of Wake Forest, North Caro-
lina, of whom " Viator," in the Galveston Daily News,
says : " She was highly accomplished ; a perfect blonde, of
commanding beauty, and famous throughout the State."
320 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmll) Alston
The Alstons came from England ; as I have indubitable
proof from wills, portraits, and heir-looms still in the
family. William, Thomas and Samuel were brothers, and
settled in Bute, now Warren county, and Willis in Halifax
before the Revolution. They had cousins who went to
South Carolina.
The descendants of the above named, Thomas and Samuel,
settled on the lands in Wake Co., North Carolina, which
had been owned by the father of Thomas Hart Benton.
Willis, Sr., was member of the Congress at Halifax
Town, 1776, and was appointed colonel in the Continental
army in April, and was re-elected in November, 1776, to
form the Constitution of North Carolina. All the family
were patriotic, and amongst the first to declare for inde-
pendence.
Colonel Philip, another descendant from the Halifax
stock, settled on Hickory Mountain, in Chatham Co., and
was equally patriotic ; for which cause he was captured by
David Faning, a loyal and bold Tory, and delivered to the
Royal Governor, Martin, at Wilmington.
The aid and comfort afforded to Generals Marion and
Greene by the Alstons in South Carolina are historical
facts. Two of that family descent, Joseph and Robert,
were governors of that State. The first named married
Aaron Burr's daughter, Theodosia, who was lost at sea ;
and Col. William Alston, of Charleston, married a daughter
of Mrs. Rebecca Motte, who cheerfully permitted Generals
Marion and Lee to burn her palatial mansion with arrows,
to capture the British commander in Fort Motte.
Washington Allston, poet, artist, and painter, removed
to Massachusetts, and one of her towns bears his name.
Capt. John Alson, of Halifax, oldest brother of Willis,
Sr., married a daughter of Gideon Macon, and the sister of
Hon. Nathaniel Macon, of Warren Co., to whom was born
the Hon. Willis Alston, Jr., who was a member of the
and Their Descendants. 321
Legislature for six years, and of Congress from 1803 to
1831, and Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means
duriog the War of 1812.
His brothers were Joseph, Gideon and Robert. The
last named was the father of Willis, Augustus and Gideon,
of Georgia. He married Henrietta Green, of Warren Co.,
a sister of Solomon Green, one of the adopters of the Con-
stitution of the United States, and of John C. Green, a
colonel in the War of 1812. She was a lady of superior
endowments of mind and person, and nearly every year
visited her kin in North Carolina in a coach and four. The
Hon. M. W. Ransom, of the United States Senate, and
Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, of the Confederate Army, were
her nephews, and likewise was Gen. Thos. J. Green, one
of the heroes of Texas independence and of the Mier ex-
pedition into Mexico.
Robert lived in Sparta, Ga., in regal splendor, and their
children were educated at the first colleges. Gideon was
accidentally killed. Augustus was one of the finest speci-
mens of a gentleman in mind, manners and person I ever
saw, and but for his sympathies, and devotion to his friends,
his duels with Brown, of Georgia, and Reed, of Florida,
would never have been fought. Willis was excitable and
ungovernable when he conceived himself or his friends in-
jured. A half century has elapsed since, and their conduct
should not be judged by the present standard of morals,
as duelling then was encouraged and practiced by the first
men in and out of Congress. Willis married a Methodist
minister's daughter, Miss Howard, celebrated for her beauty
and accomplishments, who inculcated her religious prin-
ciples in the heart of her son, Robert A. Alston, which
governed his actions throughout life. He kept a diary of
his conduct, and the occurrencies of each day, and when he
was captured with Gen. Morgan's cavalry, to which he be-
21 al
322 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
longed, this journal inspired his captors with so much sym-
pathy and respect for his character, that he was soon released
and amply provided for. He was a genius, noble, brave and
handsome, and indefatigable in all that he undertook.
1 have been long and intimately acquainted with the
Alston family — save with the oldest ones, and can conscien-
tiously affirm that I never knew so large and distinguished
a family as theirs, more practical, more refined, civil and
generous. They were provident; rich, without ostenta-
tion ; devotedly clannish to each other, and liberal to their
friends and neighbors. By marriage they became associated
with very many of the most intelligent and influential
families throughout the Southern States, to wit : Thomas
Hart Benton, Jefferson Davis, Col. William Polk, President
Polk, Major Gen. Leonidas Polk, Geo. E. Badger, Stephen
and Sherwood Haygood, Louis D. Henry, Gens. Blount
and Branch, Williams, Dickens, Benton, Hawkins, Greens,
Somervilles, Seawells, McLemores, J. G. Harris, Dukes,
Jones, of Warren and W'ake counties ; Raynors, Cannons,
Barringers, Eatons, and last, but not least, the late Col. R.
D. Ward, of your city, whose genius and energy organized
and started the first railroad to the Pacific, and was its first
president.
Hundreds of other families might be mentioned;
amongst them were four United States senators, five gov-
ernors, eight members of the House of Representatives,
and several judges.
A North Carolinian.
(A Copy.)
2 Thomas Whitmel Alston=Lucy Faulcon, (dau.
of Nicholas Faulcon =Lucy Wyatt, of Surry Co.,
Va.). Lucy Faulcon was born Feb. 19, 1763 and
m. June 28, 1786. They resided in Warren Co.,
N. C, and had 5 children.
and Their Descendants. 323
14. I. Nicholas Faulcon Alston, b. July 31, 1787 ; d. in
1818. His brother Alfred was his executor.
He married July 20, 1812, to Elisabeth Craw-
ford Davis, dau. of Archibald Davis— Elisabeth
Hilliard, whose mother was Leah Crawford and
m. Hilliard, (q. v.).
II. Hubbard W. Alston, b, 1789; d. 1816, s. p.
15 III. Major Alfred Alston, b. Feb. 4, 1791=Mary A.
Plumuier (dau. of Kemp Plummer=:Susan Martin,
(q. v.). He died November, 1850.
16 IV. Edward Alston, b. Dec. 8, 1792— Martha Davis
(dau. of Archibald Davis= Elisabeth Hilliard)
(g. v.). Archibald Davis was cousin to Oroondates
Davis.
17 V. Martha Jane Alston, b. Nov. 28, 1802=July 28,
1824, to John Burges (son of Lovatt and Sallie
Burges), (g. v.) for issue.
#
14- Nicholas Faulcon Alston=Elisabeth Craw-
ford Davis. Issue :
18 I. Thomas Nicholas Faulcon, b. Feb. 13, 1815.
19 II. Archibald Davis, b. June 11, 1817.
18 Thomas Nicholas Faulcon ALSTON=lst Ruina
20 R. Brodie and had 1 dau. Lucy Faulcon who m.
Julian V". Perkins, (q. v.).
His 2d wife was Elisabeth Boddie Perry, dau.
of Berfnet Perry. Issue 6 children, (q. v.).
W Lucy Faulcon Alston=Julian Y. Perkins, 8
children :
I. Maggie J. Perkins =Charles Tayloe.
Issue 1 dau.
II. Ruina Brodie.
III. Churchill Perkins.
324 Phillip and "Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
IV. Florence T.= Webb.
V. Alston.
VI. David.
VII. Faulcon.
VIII. Valencourt Perkins.
(Children of Elisabeth Boddie Perry Alston.)..
21 I. Dr. Bennett Perry Alston =Carrie M. Williams,
(dau. of Dr. It. E. Williams); issue 7children, (q. v.)
22 II. Bryant Grimes Alston, d. 1901 — Virginia I., dau.
of Robert W. Arrington. Issue 4 children, (</. v.).
III. Pattie B= James S. Yarborough.
IV. Thomas Nicholas Faulcon Alston, Jr.
V. Ada= Augustus S. Foster. Issue 1 dau.
VI. Walter Alston.
21 Children of Dr. Bennett Perry Alston=Carrie
M. WlLLrAMS.
I. Valeria Virginia Alston.
II. Perry Alston.
III. Walter J.
IV. Carrie.
V. Pattie.
VI. Emma.
VII. Bessie Lee Alston.
22 Children of Bryant Grimes Alston = Virginia I.
Arrington :
I. William R. II. Elisabeth P.
III. Tempie Lou and IV. Euina V. Alston.
19 Archibald Davis Alston =Missouri F. Alston,
dau. of Hon. Willis Alston =Sallie Potts. Issue:
I. Charles Julian.
II. Elisabeth Crawford.
III. Ellen Ann.
and Their Descendants. 325
IV. Archibald Davis, d. s. p.
V. Nicholas Faulcon.
VI. Willis Walter.
VII. Sallie Moddena.
VIII. Edward.
IX. William Thorne Alston=Carrie Thorpe
dau. of Benjamin Thorpe. Issue 3 children,
1. Archibald Davis Alston.
2. Willis Faulcon Alston.
3. Benjamin Thorpe Alston.
X. Frank A. Alston.
XI. Missouri F. = William Henry Pleasants.
15 Major Alfred Alston = Mary Plummer.
Alfred Alston was educated at William and Mary
College, Williamsburg, Va. He was inclined to be
wild when he first grew up. Too honest for a gam-
bler, he lost heavily at cards. After being most un-
mercifully swindled by an unscrupulous and professed
gambler (a citizen of Warrenton, N. C), he entirely
reformed, settled down to a noble aud energetic life
and soon regained what he had lost, being the pos-
sessor of a large share of this world's goods. He
and his lovely-wife dispensed a wide and generous
hospitality at their beautiful home, a few miles from
Warrenton. They were both earnest Christians,
members of the Episcopal Church. He was looked
up to as a model for sound judgment and high moral
character, aud his services as guardian for orphans
was much sought after. Among the number whom
he served in this capacity were Havana Lenoir and
Gideon Branch Alston, his cousins. The former
afterwards became the wife of the Rev. Charles Mar-
shall Cook, and mother of Hon. Charles A. Cook of
Warrenton, North Carolina. Their children were :
f
326 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
23. I. Lucy Davis Alston = John C. Davis,
son of Archibald Davis = Elisabeth
Hilliard. Issue, 7 children, (q. v.)
24. II. Kemp Pluramer Alston — Mary E.
Mabet Thorne. Issue five children,
(q. v.).
III. Martha Jane Alston — William Henry
Thorne; issue, (q. v.).
25. IV. Alfred Alston = O. Eudora Thorne;
issue 4 children, (q. v.).
23 Lucy Davis Alston = John C. Davis. Issue :
I. Hodgin Davis = George Jones, s. p.,
died in Texas.
26. II. Mollie = Robert Speed ; issue 9 chil-
dren, (q. v.).
27. III. A. H. Davis = Charlotte, dau. of Henry
Harris; issue, 7 children (q. v.).
IV. Pattie (Martha) Davis = Rob't W., son
of Sam'l Thomas Alston ; 7 children,
(q. v.).
V. Plummer A. Davis — Mary P. Al-
ston, s. p.
VI. Lucy Davis, d. young.
VII. Alfred A. Davis, uum.
24. Kemp Plummer Alston = Mary E. Mabet
Thorne. Issue :
I. Alfred T. Alston. II. Annie C. Alston.
III. Kemp Plummer Alston married in Missis-
sippi, and died leaving 3 children.
IV. Duthile C. Alston.
V. Frank Ballard Alston.
25 Alfred Alston = O. Eudora Thorne. Issue :
and Their Descendants. 327
I. Mary Plummer Alston, born 1859 = Plummer
A. Davis, s. p.
II. Emma P. Alston.
30. III. Edward T. Alston = Rosa Speed ; issue 7
children.
IV. Eudora Thorne Alston, unm.
26 Mollie (Mary) Davis= Robert Speed. Issue:
I. Robert Speed — Annie Harris ; issue 2 chil-
dren.
II. Johnnie Speed= Mary Harris; issue 2 chil-
dren.
III. Annie Speed= Captain Clayton.
IV. Lula Speed.
V. Minnie= Robert Stewart.
VI. Alfred Speed. VII. Henry Speed. VIII. Elmo
Speed.
SO. IX. Rosa Speed=Ed\vard T. Alstou ; issue 7 chil-
dren, viz. :
(1) Julian. (2) Eugenie.
(3) Mary. (4) Merta.
(5) Mattie Belle. (6) Edward.
(7) Annie Lou Alston.
27 A. H. Davis=Charlotte Harris. Issue :
I. Laura Davis= Walter Daniel. Issue 1
son, Archibald Daniel.
II. Archibald Davis, in Washington, D. C.
III. Lucy = Whitmel Kearney Williams ;
issue 2 children.
IV. Bettie— Robert Edgar Williams ; issue
2 children.
V. Minnie Davis. VI. Estelle Davis.
VII. Oscar Davis, unm., lives in New York.
328 Phillip and Winifred ("Whitmel) Alston
16 Edward Alston— Martha Davis. Issue :
I. Wjlliam Thorne Alston => Laura Eaton,
dau. of Hon. William Eaton, s. p.
II. Elisabeth Alston.
III. Nicholas Faulcon Alston.
28. IV. Alfred=Mary (Polly) Kearney; issue (q. v.)
29. V. Edward = Maria Davis, dau. of Archibald H.
Davis = Caroline Cornelia Kearney. Issue
(q. v.)
VI. Mary Davis Alston.
28 Alfred Alston— Mary Dawson Kearney. Issue:
I. Maria K. Alston.
II. Martha Edward Alston = Dr. Buxton
Boddie Williams. For issue (q. v.)
III. Nicholas Faulcon Alston.
IV. Herbert Alston. V. Laura E. Alston.
VI. Howard Alston. VII. Van Wyck Alston.
29 Edward Alston=Maria Davis. Issue :
I. Cornelia = Frank Cheatham ; issue two
children.
II. Edward Alston.
BURGES.
The family of Burges is here introduced because of the
several intermarriages with the Alstons.
John Burges was married on the 1st of October, 1707,
in Staffordshire, England, and was the father of fourteen
children. The third child was :
Thomas Burges, b. Sept. 6, 1712, and d. 1779; married
1st Miriam — : — , and had six children ; m. 2d
Mary Haywood, May 21, 1760, in North Carolina,
by whom he had issue, Lovatt Burges, b. Jan. 31st,
1762, d. Oct. 10th, 1807 ; and was married 3 times :
and Their Descendants. 329
1st to Elisabeth Irwin, 3 children ; 2d to Priscilla
Manny, July 11th, 1790, 1 child; 3d Mrs. Sallie
Black, nee Lucas, Sept. 1st, 1793, in Halifax county,
N. C, and had children as follows :
I. Elisabeth Ann, b. July 19, 1794.
II. Melissa Jane, b. Jan. 25, 1797; d. Sept. 10,
1823; married William Williams (Pretty
Billy), (q. v.) for issue.
III. Augustine Willis Burges, b. Nov. 22, 1798
= Harriet Terrell, niece of Fannie (Cocke)
Burges.
IV. John Burges, b. March 24th, 1801 ; m. Mar-
tha Janie Alston, July 28th, 1824, in War-
ren county, N. C, for issue [q. v.).
V. Mary Haywood, b. March 8th, 1803; m. Wm.
Williams Alston; for issue (q. v.).
VI. Sallie, b. April 14th, 1805.
VII. Samuel Lovatt Burges, b. March 19th, 1807;
m. Fannie Cocke ; for issue, see lines of
Philip Alston and .Winifred Whitmel
17 Martha Jane Alston == John Burges. (5. v.).
Issue :
31 I. Thomas Lovatt Burges = Harriet Burt. Is-
sue: 4 sons.
32 II. Lucy Elisabeth Burges=Dr. John R. Moore.
Issue: 7 children.
33 III. Mary Melissa Burges = Rev. Josias B. Solo-
mon, D.D., a Baptist minister in Chicago.
Issue : 5 children.
IV. Martha Jane Burges = Octavius Austin, and
d. 1859, s. p.
3/f. V. Emily Matilda Burges=Charles Pear-
son. Issue: 1 son and 1 dau.
330 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
VI. Sallie Burges = Elijah Boddie Perry, of Hali-
fax, N. C, (q. v.) for issue.
SI Thomas Lovatt Burges=Harriet Burt. Issue:
I. John Burges= Tempie Battle. Issue :
1. Harriet= Joseph Jenkins.
2. Emily— James Crinkley.
3. Claude Burges.
4. Bettie Burges.
II. Thomas Burges.
III. Alfred Burges.
IV. Robert Burges.
32 Dr. John R. Moore=Lucy Elisabeth Burges in
1851. Issue:
I. Dr. John Burges Moore, b. 1852= Florence
McCann. Resides in Augusta, Ga., and has
issue.
II. Thomas Richard Moore, b. 1854, unm. (Travel-
ling salesman).
III. Matthew Henry Moore, b. 1858, m. 1884,
Eugenia Thomas of North Carolina, is a
Methodist minister in Columbia, Mo. Issue:
1. Olin, b. 1885.
2. Eugenia, b. 1889.
3. John, b. 1891.
4. Lucy Elisabeth, b. 1893.
5. John Robert, b. 1896.
IV. Mary Stewart, b. 1861, m. 1886, to Dr.
Thomas Jay Burges, of Petersburg, Va.
Issue: 1. Dean, b. 1887.
2. Edward Alston, b. 1879.
V. Wm. Liston Moore, b. 1863; an artist; unm.
and Their Descendants. 331
VI. Lucy Elisabeth Moore, b. 1868, m. 1893, to
Wra. Moore, a naval officer, Washington,
D. C, s. p.
VII. Robert James Moore, b. 1871 ; photographer.
33 Mary Melissa Burges=Josias B. Solomon, D.D.
Issue :
I. William Thomas Solomon— Miss Mulford,
of Philadelphia, and have 1 son.
II. John Burges Solomon= Margaret .
Issue : Willie, Burges, and Mary Solomon.
III. Mary Melissa Solomon=Prof. J. W. Welsh,
of Kentucky, and have 2 daughters.
IV. Loula Solomon=John M. Reeves, of Ohio,
and have 3 children.
V. Joseph Bell Solomon = Miss Easton, of
Peoria.
34- Emily Matilda Burges=Charley Pearson. Is-
sue :
I. Charles H. Pearson=Belle Goode. Issue:
1. Lucy Pearson.
2. Minette Pearson.
II. Emily Pearson=Rev. William J. Gay, a
Methodist minister. Issue :
1. Mary Gay.
2. Charles Gay.
3. James Gay.
4. Edgar Gay.
3 Philip Guston Alston=Mary Williams Harris.
He died in 1819. Their children were:
I. Temperance Williams Alston =. Jesse Ather-
ton Dawson, son of John Dawson = Elisa-
beth Dorothy Atherton. (q. v.) for issue.
332 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
35 II. Winifred Whitmel Alston = 1st Henry Har-
ris, (q. v. ).
—2d Thomas B. Creagh, of Alabama, s. p.
III. Sarah Alston=Henry Dawson, brother of
Jesse A. Dawson. They left no issue.
IV. Mary (Polly) Alston=James Lewis. This
family has not been traced.
V. Elisabeth Norfleet Alston.
VI. Charity Dawson Alston = Dr. Worsham.
This family has not been traced.
VII. Martha James Alston=Major Joseph John
Williams, son of Major Wm. Williams
= Elisabeth Kearney, (q. v.) for issue.
VIII. Eveline Alstou=Gid. Alston, son of Chat-
ham Jack. (9. v.) for issue. 4 children.
IX. Eleanor Alston, unni,
X. Ann Maria Alston=Dr. Robt. Alston, son
of Chatham Jack. s. p.
36 XL George W. Alston, d. 1849=Marina Wil-
liams, dau. of Major Wm. Williams=Elisa-
beth Kearney. Issue: (q. v.).
XII. Philip G. Alston. Never married.
Philip G. Alston's will, dated January 28th, 1850, and
probated February court, 1852, (he was a brother of the
above Geo. W. Alston), leaves his property to his
nephews, P. G., Wm. H. and Geo. W. Alston ; sister,
Elizabeth Alston, and sister, Charity D. Worsham; to
Earnest Foster and Joseph John Williams. He disposes
of his property in Alabama to his nephews, and describes
it as follows : " Land and negroes in Alabama given me
under the will of my deceased mother, Mary Alston, which
property she heired from her graud daughter, Mary Trip."
25 Winifred Whitmel Alston= 1st husband Henry
Harris. Issue:
and Their Descendants. 33£
I. Sarah Harris=Hon. Mem. W. Creagh. No
issue.
II. Mary Harris= Trippe, and d. s. p.
Winifred Alston after the death of her husband, mar-
ried Col. Thomas B. Creagh, who by a former wife,
Miss Walthall, had the following children,
viz.:
I. Dr. Memorable Walthall Creagh, who m. Sarah
Harris.
II. Alex Creagh.
III. Ann Creagh, who m. Howze, and others.
86 George W. Alston=Marina Williams. Issue:
I. Philip Guston (Gundy) Alston= 1st Jennie
Creighton. Issue :
1. Philip G. Alston.
2. Lucy=Archibald Williams.
3. George Alston =Laura King.
4. Hugh Alston, d. s. p.
5. Ella, and 6. Lewis Alston, unm.
II. William H. Alston, unm.
III. George W. Alston = Elisabeth Faulcon
Alston (dau. of Samuel Thomas Alston
=Ruina T. Williams.) Issue:
1. Marina= Edward Williams and have-
1 daughter.
2. Carrie, unm.
3. Ruina, died.
4. Edward Faulcon.
5. Garland.
6. Jennie Creighton.
7. Elisabeth Alston..
8. Another son.
334 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
4. Winifred ALSTON=lst Henry Hill, in Warren
county, where she was born and educated. They
had an only daughter, Elisabeth Henry
Hill, b. March 27, 1787, who married and
had a family.
Winifred Alston's 2d husband was Joseph Cocke, to
whom she was married about 1789, in Warren county
Issue :
37 I. Martha Cocke, b. 1790, m. Halcott Terrell.
38 II. James Cocke, b. 1792, m. , in Warren
county N. C.
39 III. Nancy Cocke, b. 1794, m Owens,
Nashville, Teun.
IV. John Cocke, b. 1796, m. , near Peters-
burg, Va,
V. Elisabeth Cocke, b. Feb. 2d, 1797, m.
Tacitus Calyit, in Warren county,
N. C., and d. s. p. in 1820.
VI. Winifred Cocke, b. July 8, 1799, m. 3
times; 1st to Tacitus Calyit (her
sister's widower) in 1822, to whom she
bore an only child.
If.0 I. Tacitus Gaillard Calvit, who m. Janette
Dent Wells, and had several children.
Her 2d husband was George Blair and bore him 4
children:
1. Samuel Blair, who died in infancy.
2. George Blair went to Nicaragua with
Gen. Wm. Walker and has never been
heard from since.
3. William Blair was killed at the battle
of Gettysburg, being a soldier in the
Confederate States army.
4. Elisabeth Blair died in infancy.
and Their Descendants. 335
Her 3d husband was John A. Texada, to whom she
bore no children.
VII. Collin Cocke, b.in Warren Co., N. C, June
9, 1804. In 184— ,in a difficulty while
drinkiug, he killed his brother-in-law,
Lovatt S. Burges. He went to Texas,
where he married a widow in Areola,
Fort Bend Co. They had one child, a
daughter.
He was assassinated by his enemies.
41 VIII. Fannie Cocke, b. Aug. 10, 1806, m. Lovatt
S. Burgesin 1824. She died 1862.
4*2 IX. Mary Cocke, b. May 6, 1808 ; baptized Aug.
8, 1808. Married John Adams Glaze.
87 Martha Cocke was born in Warren Co., and married
Oct. 20, 1811, to Halcott Terrell. She died
Aug. 16, 1824. He died January 9, 1839, in Rap-
ides Parish, La., where they had lived many years.
I. Henderson Terrell, b. Oct. 23, 1812, in Rap-
ides Parish, La., and d. Nov. 9, 1828.
48 II. Harriett Terrell, b. July 9, 1815; m. Austin
Willis Burges.
III. Emily Mary Terrell, b. Sept. 16, 1817; m.
Caesar Archinard ; d. s. p.
IV. Elisabeth Terrell, b. June 10, 1819 ; d. Jan. 9,
1823.
44 V. Amauda Louisa Terrell, b. June 20, 1820, m.
1st, James Anderson Crawford ; 2d, John
Hickman Ransdell.
VI. Halcott Terrell, b. April 10, 1822 ; d. June 9,
1824.
88 James Cocke = , and had 3 children.
336 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
I. Annie, m. Levy Tully; d. s. p.
II. Winifred, m. Silas J. Wright; d. s. p.
III. Joseph Addison Cocke ra. Sarah Vernon
(nee) Roberts, was killed at Marksville, La.,
s. p.
39 Nancy Cocke = Owen, had 3 children.
Two sons, George and Joseph, d. unra. Dau.
Nancy married and lives in Nashville and has one
daughter.
4.1 Fanny Cock e= Lovatt S. Burges. Were both
raised and educated in Warren Co. N. C. They
removed to Louisiana and for many years resided in
Avoyelles and Rapides Parishes, La. He was an
active, enterprising planter, and was killed in
a difficulty by his brother-in-law, Collin Cocke,
brought about by both being under the influence of
liquor. She died Dec. 25, 1862, on Bayou Huff
Power, La., where she had lived many years. They
had four sons and two daughters.
4.5 I. Austin Willis Burges, b. June 16, 1829 ; m.
twice.
II. Joseph Lovatt Burges, b. Dec. 7, 1830 ; d.
Sept. 2, 1833.
III. Sallie Lucas Burges, b. Aug. 9, 1832;d. Oct.
10, 1833.
48 IV. John Mortimer Burges, b. Oct. 18, 1834; m.
1866.
46 V. Mary Elisabeth Burges, b. April 1, 1837 ; m.
to James H. Fitts, Jr.,
47 VI. Lovatt Samuel Burges, b. Aug. 27, 1839 ; m.
Feb. 12, 1861, to Mary Elisabeth Wells.
42 Mary Cocke was born in Warren County, N. C,
where she was raised and educated. She married
and Their Descendants. 337
John A. Glaze, a planter of Avoyelles Parish,
La., on the 11th of February, 1830. He was a
man of much influence in his Parish, being gifted
by nature with a strong mind, which he had im-
proved by study and reading. He amassed a large
estate. He died May 30, 1858, and she died Nov.
27, 1863. They had six children.
I. Frances Elisabeth Glaze, b. June 23, 1831 ; d.
Oct. 19, 1831.
49 II. Richard Henry Glaze, b. Nov. 12, 1833; m.
Sarah Frances Tucker.
III. Mary Louisa Glaze, b. March 15, 1835 ; d.
Sept. 28,1842.
50 IV. Middletou Glaze, b. Nov. 7, 1836 ; m. Clarissa
Eugenia Eldred.
51 V. Alice Winifred Glaze, b. 1839; m. 1st to
E. L. Tanner ; 2d to M. R. Marshall.
VI. James Ward Murdock Glaze, b. Oct. 31, 1844 ;
d. April 3, 1845.
lf.3 Harriet Terrell was born in Rapides Parish, La.,
and m. 15th of August, 1833, to Austin Willis
Burc4ES, an influential planter of that Parish. She
died Nov. 4, 1851. They had eleven children.
I. Halcott Burges, b. Oct. 16, 1835 ; d. Feb. 22,
1836.
52 II. Halcott Terrell Burges, b. Jany. 29, 1837. m.
Mary E. Wells.
III. Lovatt A. Burges, b. Feb. 10, 1839; d. Sept.
29, 1840.
IV. Henderson Burges, b. July 22, 1840; d. Sept.
24, 1841.
V. Mary M. Burges, b. January 9, 1842; d.
March 4, 1843.
22 a 1
338 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
VI. Benjamin B. Burges, b. April 19, 1843;
removed to Texas.
VII. Lovatt Augustus Burges, b. Jan. 22d, 1845;
m. in Texas to Miss Morris, and d. leaving
one son.
VIII. Sallie Lucas Burges, b. May 9th, 1847; d.
April 30th, 1889. She Avas a devout Roman
Catholic, oue of the Sisters of Charity, and
died in the Convent of the Sacred Heart,
Rapides, La.
IX. Csesar Archinard Burges, b. Dec. 25th, 1849 ;
was twice married to Misses Stinett. He
died in Texas, leaving two children.
X. Frances Xavia Burges, b. Sept. 10th, 1850;
d. Dec. 31st, 1855.
XL Harriet T. Burges, b. Nov. 4th, 1851; d.
July 4th, 1855.
4£ Amanda Louisa Terrel was born in Rapides Parish,
La., and was married to James Anderson
Crawford, April 12th, 1838. He died
July IHh, 1840, leaving only one son, viz. :
•7.7 James Andrew Crawford, Jr., b. July 4th, 1839,
and m. April 1st, 1869, to MaryV. Weems.
Amanda Louisa Terrell's 2d husband, to whom she
was married on Feb. 20th, 1844, was John Hick-
man Ransdell, an influential and wealthy sugar
planter of Rapides. He died Nov. 27th, 1869.
She bore him nine children.
I. James Hunter Ransdell, b. Dec. 17th, 1844;
m. Feb. 20ih, 1878, to Martha Jane Love-
lace, s. p.
•7.; II. Martha Louisa Raiisdell, b. Sept, 14th, 1846;
and Their Descendants. 339
m. June 7th, 1870, R. P. Hunter, and
have 5 daughters and 2 sons.
54 III. Emily Terrell Ransdell, b. Oct. 23d, 1848 ;
m. March 2d, 1870, to Thomas F. Mont-
gomery, and have 5 sons and 2 daughters.
IV. John Ransdell, b. Oct. 6th, 1850; d. March
15th, 1875.
V. Halcott Terrell Ransdell, b. Dec. 5th, 1852 ;
d. 1869.
VI. Christopher Loyola Ransdell, b. June 1st,
1855 ; m. Cordelia B. Hoey, and has 1
living son, John H. Ransdell, b. Aug.
21st, 1891.
VII. Joseph Eugene Ransdell, b. Oct. 17th, 1858;
m. Olivie J. Powell, s. p.
VIII. Mary Isabella Ransdell, b. Oct. 19th, 1860;
d. Sept. 8th, 1875.
IX. Francis Xavier Ransdell, b. Feb. 11th, 1862;
m. Kate Bruce Davis, and have one child,
Katie Bruce Ransdell, b. Sept. 14th, 1892.
4.0 Tacitus Gaillard Calvit= Janette Dent Wells.
He was born in Rapides Parish, La., was a
gentleman of considerable means, and pos-
sessed a good education. He was killed
during the Confederate war (about 1863) by
falling into the hold of a vessel upon which
he had charge of some troops. Their chil-
dren were, viz.:
I. Tacitus Calvit.
56 II. Montford Wells Calvit,
57 III. William Tacitus Calvit.
IV. George Blair Calvit, died.
58 V. Janette Dent Calvit.
VI. Elisabeth Winifred Calvit, died.
59 VII. Alice W. Calvit.
340 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
4.5 Austin Willis Burges was born in Avoyelles Parish.
He was educated at Georgetown, Ky. His
1st wife was Miss Sarah E. Tanner, who
died s. p. His 2d wife was Mrs. Mary D.-
Rhodes (wee) McCoy, after marrying whom
he resided in Rapides Parish, where he farmed
extensively, and died June 26th, 1870. His
children by his 2d wife were 2 sons and 1
dau. :
I. Charles D. Burges, b. Oct. 2d, 1861 ; d.
Aug. 7th, 1863.
60 II. Lovatt Francis Burges, b. Aug. 17th, 1863,
and m, April 10th, 1890, to Mrs. Annie
Didlake (nee) Annie Grace.
III. Judith Burges, b. Feb. 28th, 1866; d.
Jan. 29th, 1867.
4.8 John Mortimer Burges was educated in Avoyelles
Parish, La., and in Danville, Ky. He served
as 1st. Lieutenant in the Confederate army
under Stonewall Jackson, and was subse-
quently taken prisoner at Spottsylvania
Court House, on the 12th of May, 1864, and
was not released until after the war. He
was married Jan. 25th, 1866, to Bettie D.
Tanner. Their children were :
I. Frances Alice, b. Nov. 15th, 1866; m.
Middleton GHtee, Jr. (q. v.)
II. Desire Wells, b. JW 28th, 1868.
III. Bettie Tanner, b. July 6th, 1870; d. Aug.
27th, 187&>'
IV. Edward Lanier Burges, b. Feb. 3d, 1872.
V. Eugene M. Burges, b. March 11th, 1874:
d June 9th, 1891.
and Their Descendants. 341
4.6 Mary Elisabeth Burges was educated in New
Orleans, and at the Methodist Female Col-
lege in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and was married at
Bayou Huff Power, Avoyelles Parish, La.,
on May 2d, 1855, to James Harris Fitts,
Jr. (q. v.) for issue.
47 Lovatt Samuel Burges, of Avoyelles paris, La.,
was educated in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Columbia, S. C.
He m. Mary Elisabeth Wells, of Rapides parish,
dau. of Montford Wells. He was a Confederate
soldier and died at home with fever while on fur-
lough, in 1863. Their children were:
I. Martha Dent Burges, b, 1861, d. Aug. 27th,
1862.
II. Frances Burges, b. Nov. 7th, 1862, and mar-
ried F. Rogers, of Alexandria, La.
49 Richard Henry Glaze, of St. Landry Parish, m.
Sarah Frances Tucker Feb. 15th, 1855. He was
a successful planter and ardent sympathiser with the
South. He was shot by order of Gen. Dwight,
U. S. A., because he endeavored to protect himself
and his property from the wanton outrages of the
Federal soldiers, on May 7th, 1863. They had one
child :
I. Mary Elisabeth Glaze, b. April 4th, 1856 ;
m. Jack Thompson, and d. 1889, without
issue.
50 Middleton Glaze, of St. Landry parish, La., is a
planter and editor of the Bunkie Blade. He was
married April 4th, 1860, to Clarissa Eugenia
Eldred, dau. of Randal and Evelina Griffin
Eldred. She d. January 28, 1891, leaving 10
children :
342 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
I. John Adams Glaze, b. March 12th r
1861 ; d. Sept. 3d, 1863.
II. Evelina Glaze, b. March 27th, 1862;
unm., resides in Avoyelles parish.
III. Clara Middleton Glaze, b. Oct.
15th, 1863; m. Dec. 30th, 1891, to
George C. Pearce.
IV. Middleton Glaze, Jr., b. Oct. 4th,
1865; m. Dec. 31st, 1891, to Frances
A. Burges, dau. of John Mortimer
Burges and Bettie D. Tanner.
61 V. Mary Henrietta Glaze, b. Sept. 10th,
1868; bap. May 6th, 1893; m. Ed-
ward R. Tanner May 24th, 1891 ;
have 2 children.
VI. Alice Winifred Glaze, b. Dec. 27th,
1869; d. Oct. 7th, 1874.
VII. Betterscn Blakewood Glaze; b. July 20 r
1872. Publisher of the Bunkie Blade,
VIII. William Cloptou Glaze, b. Nov. 22d,
1874. Planter.
IX. Bessie Murdock Glaze, b. Oct. 11th,
1876.
X. Winnie Irene Glaze, b. May 27th, 1879.
SI Alice Winifred Glaze, b. March 1st, 1839, in
Avoyelles parish ; bap. May, 1861 ; was educated at
the Tuscaloosa Female College, Ala. She was first
married to Edward Livingston Tanner, a planter
of Avoyelles, La., who was b. May 6th, 1835 ; bap.
October 3d, 1871, and d. October 6th, 1871, leaving
6 children :
I. Ellen Mittie Tanner, b. August 6th, I860;
bap. April 1st, 1861.
60 II. Mary Glaze Tanner, b. Dec. 26th, 1861;
and Their Descendants. 343
bap. May, 1862; m. John T. Johnson Dec.
29th, 1881. (Merchant.)
III. Edward Randal Tanner, b. June 16th, 1864;
bap. June, 1866; m. May 20th, 1891, to
Mary H. Glaze ; d. March 6th, 1893.
IV. Harry Alston Tanner, b. Jan. 29th, 1867 ;
bap. March, 1867 ; d. April 10th, 1894.
He was. a surveyor and educated at West
Point, N. Y.
V. Lodowick Branch Tanner, b. Dec. 10th,
1869 ; bap. May, 1870; d. Jan. 17th, 1879.
VI. Randal Glaze, b. June 23, 1871; bap. Sept.,
1871. Lawyer, New Orleans.
The second husband of Alice Winifred
Glaze was Mark Richard Marshall,
whom she m. Feb. 14th, 1876. He was
born iu Fredericksburg, Va., May 29th,
1825, and was the son of Horace Mar-
shall = Elisabeth Heiskell. When m. he
was a planter in Avoyelles Parish, La.,
where he now resides with his wife and
children :
I. Mark Richard Marshall, b. Dec.
21st, 1876 ; bap. May, 1877.
II. Stella Marshall, b. June 25th, 1878.
III. Alston Heiskell Marshall, b. April
1st, 1881 ; d. April 6th, 1881.
52. Halcott Terrell Burges, of Rapides Parish, La.,
d. July 9th, 1880. His wife was Mary Eliza
Wells, who bore him 9 children :
I. John M. Burges.
II. Halcott Terrell Burges.
III. Harriet T. Burges m. Rollo Bowie
Weems ; 1 son, Douglas Weems.
344 Phillip and Winifred ("Whitmel) Alston
IV. Sallie Lucas Burges = Robert Leigh
Sanford; 1 child.
V. Corrine Burg es= Charles C. Hender-
son.
VI. Mary Loulette Burges=J. J. Scott.
VII. Katie Burges.
VIII. Maggie Gordon Burges.
IX. Bessie Wells Burges.
61 Mary H. Glaze=Edavard R. Tanner. Issue :
I. Edward Livingston Tanner, b. April 2d, 1892;
bap. May 6th, 1893.
II. Alice Eugenia Tanner, b. Oct. 20th, 1893 ; bap.
April 25th, 1894.
60 Mary Glaze Tanner — John T. Johnson. Issue :
I. Edward Livingston Johnson, b. Dec. 24th,
1882; d.
II. Louis Hollingshed Johnson ; b. April 13th,
1884; bap. October, 1884.
III. Harry Alston Johnson, b. Aug. 4th, 1888; bap.
June, 1889.
IV. Roy Davidson Johnson, b. March 14th, 1890 ;
bap. February, 1891.
V. John Thomas Johnson, b. Nov. 2d, 1898; bap.
June, 1899.
53 Martha Louisa Ransdell = Robert Percifer
Hunter. Issue :
I. Robert Alexander Hunter.
II. John Ransdell Hunter.
III. Sarah Jane Hunter m. Ambrose H.
Hertzog.
IV. Mary Stella Hunter.
V. Martha Louisa Hunter.
and Their Descendants. 345
VI. Amanda Louisa and
VII. Nellie N. Hunter,
54 Emily Terrell Ransdell = = Thomas Farrar
Montgomery. Issue :
I. John Ransdell Montgomery.
II. Hugh Montgomery.
III. Joseph Eugene Montgomery.
IV. Thomas Farrar Montgomery.
V. John R. Montgomery, dead.
VI. Ethel Montgomery.
VII. Isabella Montgomery.
55 James Andrew Crawford = Mary Violetta
Weems. Issue :
I. Mary Emily Crawford.
II. Annie Chilton Crawford.
III. Amanda Louisa Crawford, died.
60 Lovatt Francis Burges=Mrs. Annie Didlake
(nee) Annie Grace. Issue:
I. Austin Earl Burges, b. Aug. 7th, 1891 ;
bap. Nov. 25th, 1891.
II. Mary Dunwoody Burges, b. Aug. 1893.
Dr. Lovatt F. Burges, b. in Avoyelles Parish, on Bayou
Boeuf, was educated in the University of the
South, at Sewanee, Tenn., and Roanoke College,
Va. ; graduated in medicine at Tulane University,
La., and is now a practicing physician in Rapides
Parish, La.
56 Montford Wells Calvit=Louise Albert
Issue :
I. Gordon Duncan Calvit.
346 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
II. Eugene Willard Calvit.
III. Alston Cocke, and
IV. Winifred Alston, dead.
57 William Tacitus Calvit=Susie Duke. Issue :
I. Harriet Duke Calvit.
58 JanetteDent Calvit= James Murray Hether-
WICK. Issue :
I. Robert Murray Hetherwick.
II. Tacitus Gaillard Hetherwick.
III. Fannie B urges Hetherwick.
IV. Jannette Duncan Hetherwick.
59 Alice W. Calvit = Edward John Sullivan.
Issue :
I. John Sullivan.
II. Elleanor O'Connor Sullivan.
Edward Sullivan and Martha Edward died.
5 Samuel Alston = Elisabeth Faulcon, dau. of
Nicholas Faulcon =Lucy Wyatt, of Surry
county, Va. Issue :
I. Elisabeth Alston— William Williams(Pretty
Billy) 1st wife 1 son. (q. V.)
62 II. Rebecca Emily Alston = James Harris
Fitts, Sr. She was b. Feb. 15th, 1797;
d. March 29th, 1858; married June
10th, 1814.
III. Caroline Matilda Alston, b. 1800=Dr. Solo-
mon Williams, s. p.
IV. William Faulcon Alston = ; d.
Jan. 1851.
63 V. Samuel Thomas Alston (known as Tom
and Their Descendants. 347
Thumper Alston) b. Oct. 5th, 1806; m.
Sept. 1st, 1831, to RuinaT. Williams. His
widow survived him many years, being
able to write a long and interesting letter
without spectacles in 1896. She has re-
cently died. Issue (q. v.)
62 Rebecca Emily Alston = James Harris Fitts, Sr.
Issue : 10 children, viz.:
64. I. Samuel Alston Fitts, b. May 15th, 1815;
d. April 2d, 1869. (q. v.)
II. Oliver Henry Fitts, b. Nov. 8th, 1816;
d. 1821.
III. Sarah Harris Fitts, b. Feb. 26th, 1819;
d. June 7th 1835.
6*5 IV. Elizabeth Faulcon Fitts, b. Jan. 23d, 1821 ;
m. Sewall Jones Leach.
V. Rebecca Emily Fitts, b. Nov. 29th, 1822 ;
d. Feb. 2d, 1838.
66 VI. Caroline Medora Fitts, b. Dec. 28th, 1824 ;
m. Col. J. J. Pegues. (q. v.)
VII. John Henry Fitts, b. Feb. 20th, 1827; d.
Jan. 21st, 1851.
67 VIII. William Faulcon Fitts, b. Feb. 14th, 1829;
was killed in the Confederate war; m.
Annie Foster, and left 3 children.
4.6 IX. James Harris Fitts, Jr., b. Oct. 12th, 1830.
68 X. Susan Virginia Fitts, b. Oct. 13th, 1832 ;
=Col. Lucieu Van Buren Martin.
64 Samuel Alston Fitts= Sarah Elisabeth Alston,
dau. of Col. William Williams Alston— Mary
Haywood Burges. They were both born in
North Carolina, their parents coming to
Alabama while they were quite young. Soon
348 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
after their marriage, on the 29th of Nov.
1838, he settled in Marengo county, not far
from Uniontown ; where they raised their
family, and where they both died. In his
life and character he was a remarkable man,
exhibiting to a marked degree the strictest
integrity, fidelity to every trust, consistency
as a Christian, and sincerity as a friend, win-
ning the love and esteem of all who knew
him. He was a successful farmer, and such
was his skill in managing his affairs, that he
accumulated a large estate for his family.
They had 11 children, viz.:
I. Mary Elisabeth Fitts, b. Feb. 28, 1840;
Faunsdale, Ala.
II. Sarah Olivia Fitts, b. Jan. 17, 1842; d.
Sept. 17, 1845.
III. Samuel Thomas Fitts, b. Sept. 14, 1844;
d. Sept. 9, 1846.
IV. James Oliver Fitts, b. Dec. 19, 1846; d.
Feb. 25, 1892.
V. Edward Alston Fitts, b. Aug. 23, 1849 ;
Uniontown, Ala.
VI. John Henry Fitts, b. Oct. 5, 1852; d.
Aug. 23, 1883.
VII. Cornelia Fitts, b. Dec. 24, 1854, m.
Frank Wharton Gaines (a descendant
of the families of Wharton, Pendleton
and Gaines, of Virginia) Dec. 29, 1885.
They live in Selma, Ala., and have 1 son,
Frank Wharton Gaines, Jr., b. June 2J3,
1887.
VIII. Walter Emmet Fitts, b. Jan. 19, 1858; d
Dec. 26, 1872.
and Their Descendants. 349
IX. Waverly Fitts, b. Feb. 16, 1861 ; Fauns-
dale, Ala.
X. Haywood Fitts, b. March 28, 1863; Fauns-
dale, Ala.
XI. Herbert Fitts, b. May 29, 1865 j Faunsdale,
Ala.
65 Elisabeth Faulcon Fitts was born at St, Stephens,
Ala., January 23,1821, and educated at Tuscaloosa,
where she now resides. She was married to Sewall
Jones Leach, Oct. 10, 1839. He died Aug. 6,
1885.
Sewall Jones Leach was born Nov. 28, 1812, in
the city of New York and was the oldest son of
Ephraim Leach=zSophia Jones. His educational
advantages were very limited, yet such was his
energy and aptitude for learning, that at the age of
18, he had prepared himself* as a teacher and suc-
cessfully conducted a school in the State of New-
York. At an early age he exhibited two predomi-
nant characteristics, — love of mechanics and music.
Having selected the profession of dentistry he
located in Mobile Ala., in 1837 and in 1838 he
removed to Tuscaloosa. After his marriage he
lived in Uniontown, Ala., for awhile, but subse-
quently returned to Tuscaloosa, where he was
engaged in several mechanical and industrial enter-
prises. Pie was universally beloved and honored
by all who knew him. Of his children
I. James Harris Leach, b. Aug. 7, 1840 ; d. in
early infancy.
II. Sidney Fitts Leach, b. Nov. 14, 1841 ; m.
Nov. 14, 1869 to Mary Lee Peck who d.
Nov. 21, 1883, and have one son, Sidney
Peck Leach, b. January 25, 1875.
350 Phillip and Winifred (TVhitmel) Alston
III. Emily Alston Leach, b. Dec. 1, 1843 ; bap-
tized April 28, 1S44; ra. April 3, 1865 to
James Slaughter Carpenter, of Louis-
ville, Ky. Their children were :
1. Lizzie Leach Carpenter, b. Oct. 12,
1867; m. January 12, 1888 to George
Roosa James and their children are
1. Eniilic Carpenter James, b. Sept. 21,
1888.
2. Edith Whitaker James, b. July 21,
1890.
2. James Slaughter Carpenter, b. Feb. 15,
1870.
3. Samuel Siduey Carpenter, b. Aug.
24,1875.
4. Emily Alston Carpenter, b. April 17,
1878.
5. John Darwin Carpenter, b. March 29,
1880.
(5. Norma Snow Carpenter, b. Sept. 6,
1881.
IV. Samuel Thomas Leach, b. July 1, 1846.
Norma Leda Leach, b. Sept. 23, 1848 ; m.
April 28, 1868, to John Snow. Their chil-
dren are,
1. Lizzie Fitts Snow, b. Feb. 1, 1869.
2. Virginia Penn Snow, b. Nov. 7, 1874.
3. Charles B. Snow, b. Feb. 22, 1877, and
d. Oct. 17, 1884.
4. John Adams Snow, b. Jan. 31, 1879.
VI. Caroline Medora Leach, b. Sept. J 5, 1850 ;
m. April 16, 1872, to Edward Earnest
Kirkham, who d. Nov. 20, 1879 ; children :
1. Edward Earnest Kirkham, b. Jan. 26,
1874.
and Their Descendants. 351
2. Elisabeth Faulcon Fitts Kirkham, b.
Nov. 11, 1879.
VII. Susan Virginia Leach, b. July 29, 1852; d.
Aug. 2, 1855.
VIII. Lelia Leach, b. Feb. 19, 1855 ; d. Oct. 9, 1856:
Sewall Jones Leach, b. March 30, 1857; m.
Dec. 16,1880 to Kate Brantley Warren.
Their children are
1. Willis Warren Leach, b. Sept. 15,
1881.
2. Edward Faulcon Leach, b. Feb. 17,
1884; d. May 5, 1884.
3. Bessie Warren Leach, b. March 12,
1885.
4. Sewall Sidney Leach, b. July 27, 1887,
5. Earnest Kirkham Leach, b. Oct. 14.
1889.
6. John Warren Leach, b. July 17, 1893.
7. Emily Carpenter Leach.
X. Edward Faulcon Leach, b. July 29, 1859.
XL William Fitts Leach, b. July 20, 1862; d.
March 29, 1861.
66^ Caroline Medora Fitts=Col. Josiah James
Pegues, Tuscaloosa. Col. Pegues was born in South
Carolina July 19, 1825, and came with his parents to
Alabama in his infancy. By occupation he was a
farmer and cultivated lauds both in Marengo and
Dallas counties. At the outbreak of the war he
joined the " Warrior Guards," the first company
that left Tuscaloosa, and as a private in the ranks
participated in the first battle of Manassas. He
continued in the Confederate service during the
four years of the war and at the close of hostili-
ties, acted as an escort, with his regimeut, to Presi-
352 Phillip and Winifred ("Whitmel) Alston
dent Davis, on his retreat from Richmond, as far
as Greensboro, N. C, being at that time the Lt.
Col. of the 2d Alabama Cavalry Regt. At the
close of the war he accepted the office of sheriff,
when the position was one of grave responsibility
and great danger, and by his energy, coolness and
courage, soon subdued the lawless and restored or-
der. In March 1882 he was appointed clerk of
the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa county by the
Governor of the State, and in 1886 elected to the
same office by the people. He is a zealous member
of the Episcopal church, was vestryman for many
years and senior warden in 1875. Their children
are :
70 I. Joe Evans Pegues, b. Dec. 13, 1854.
71 II. Samuel Fitts Pegues, b. Dec. 8, 1858.
72 III. Ida Pegues, b. Oct, 2, 1860 ; baptized April 2 1 ,
1861.
70 Joe Evans Pegues = Rosa Rowan ; married Dec.
13th, 1881. He was baptized by Rev. R. D. Nevius.
Issue :
I. Carolyn Medora Pegues, b. June 3d,
1883.
II. Annie Rowan Pegues, b. October 16th,
1884; bap. December 18th, 1884.
III. Harry Harrington Pegues, b. December
5th, 1887; bap. April 8th, 1888.
IV. Ida Eaton Pegues, b. February 2d, 1891 ;
bap. July 19th, 1891.
V. Rosa Rowan Pegues, b. September 9th,
1892 ; bap. March 25th, 1893.
71 Samuel Fitts Pegues = Mattie Alexander of Chi-
cago ; bap. May 21st, 1860; married 1881. Issue
and Their Descendants. 353
I. Hooper Alexander Pegues, b. Nov. 20th,
1884; bap. April 18th, 1888.
II. Josiah James Pegues, b. Feb. 11th, 1887;
bap. Dec. 8th, 1890.
73 Ida Pegues = Eugene G. Eaton of Rock Spring,
Ala. ; were married January 4th, 1883. Issue :
I. Eugene Fitz Eaton, b. January 4th, 1884;
bap. March 4th, 1884.
II. Josiah Pegues Eaton, b. August 24th, 1889 ;
bap. January 5th, 1890.
III. Mary Eaton, b. January 13th, 1894; bap.
May 3d, 1897.
67 William Faulcon Fitts=Jersey Annie Foster
were married Oct. 13th, 1857 ; bap. August 19th,
1862. He died Dec. 27th, 1862; she died Nov.
30th, 1894. Issue :
73. I. Charles Fitts, b. July 2d, 1858; bap. July
2d, 1859.
74 II. Lizzie Faulcon Fitts, b. Nov. 21st, 1861.
III. William Faulcon Fitts, b. March 12th,
1863 ; m. Helen McEachin February
6th, 1884; bap. May 15th, 1863.
73 Charles Fitts=Flora Damer January 5th, 1887.
Issue, 1 son, Charles Middleton Fitts, b. Jan'y 6th,
1895; bap. Feb. 21st, 1895.
74- Lizzie Faulcon Fitts = Benjamin F. Flinn of
Montgomery, January 25, 1881. Issue :
I. Annie Fitts Flinn, b. December 24th, 1884;
bap. May 4th, 1884. '
1L. Frank Flinn, b. Nov. 6th, 1883; bap. May
4th, 1884.
III. Charles Foster Flinn, b. June 2d, 1886.
23 al
354 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
IV. William Faulcon Flinn, b. May 19th, 1891;
bap. March 20th, 1893.
V. Lula Glaze Flinn, b. May 2d, 1894.
4.6 James Harris Fitts, Jr. — Mary Elizabeth
Burges (q. v.). Mr. Fitts was a lawyer and planter
and has subsequently become a banker and manu-
facturer of cotton goods. He resides at Tusca-
loosa and is one of the trustees of the State Uni-
versity. They have had 8 children, viz. :
75 I. William Faulcon Fitts, b. Feb. 18th,
1856; m. Annie Spiller.
II. James Harris Fitts, b. Oct. 18th, 1857 ;
d. Aug. 2d, 1858.
76 III. Festus Fitts, b. Feb. 15th, 1859 ; m
Annalee Taylor on Oct. 18th, 1883,
and d. Aug. 6th, 1896.
77 IV. Fannie Fitts, b. Aug. 10th, 1860; m.
Samuel F. Alston.
V. Arthur Fitts, b. Oct. 8th, 1862; d. July
29th, 1889.
78 VI. Alice Fitts, b. March 2d, 1865; m.
Walton W. Hill.
VII. Alston Fitts, b. March 10th, 1867.
VIII. Mary Fitts, b. April 29th, 1871; d.
Jan'ry 26th, 1888.
75 AVjlliam Faulcon Fitts, b. in Tuscaloosa, was edu-
cated at the University of the South, and the Uni-
versity of Alabama. He is cashier in the bank of
J. H. Fitts & Co., and resides in Tuscaloosa. He
was bap. May 30th, 1867, by Rev. John D. Easier
and m. Annie Spiller Sep. 13th, 1876, aud have
had 3 children :
I. James Harris Fitts, b. Dec. 25th, 1879; bap^
Dec. 26th, and d. Dec. 29th.
and Their Descendants. 355
II. Frank Fitts, b. May 8th, 1881 ; bap. July
22d, 1881.
III. Mary Emily Fitts, b. June 22d, 1886 ; bap.
Sept., 1886.
76 Festus Fitts was born in Tuscaloosa and educated at
the University of Alabama, graduating with the de-
gree of A.M. in 1878. He was captain of the
" Warrior Guards," and carried that company to
Birmingham to suppress the Posey riot. At the
time of his death, in 1896, he was secretary and
treasurer of the Tuscaloosa Cotton Mills and assist-
ant cashier in the bank of J. H. Fitts & Co. He
was bap. May 30th, 1867 ; confirmed June 1st, 1873.
On the 18th October, 1883, he was m. to Annalee
Taylor of Mobile, Ala., and left 3 children :
I. Arthur Leonard Fitts, b. Sep. 18th, 1884 ;
bap. Oct. 28th, 1884.
II. Annalee Leslie Fitts, b. June 30th, 1886 ;
bap. Oct. 31st, 1886.
III. James Harris Fitts, b. Aug. 16th, 1887 ; bap.
Aug. 5th, 1894.
77 Fannie Fitts, b. in Tuscaloosa and bap. May 30th,
1867 ; was graduated at the Tuscaloosa Female Col-
lege in 1878. On the 2d of August, 1883, was m.
to Samuel Fitts Alston: Issue :
I. James Fitts Alston, b. May 21st, 1884;
bap. July 13th, 1884.
II. Marilou Alston, b. March 14th, 1887; bap.
on Whit-Sunday, 1887.
7-8 Alice Fitts, b. at Castle Hill, in Tuscaloosa county,
educated at the Tuscaloosa Female College, and m.
Jan'y 6th, 1885, to Walton W. Hill, of Mont-
gomery, Ala. He was educated at Sewanee, and
356 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
graduated with the degree of LL.B., at the Univer-
sity of Virginia. He is a lawyer, planter and mem-
ber of the Alabama Legislature. They have two
children :
I. Walton Harris Hill, b. Sept. 11th, 1886 ; bap.
Oct. 31st, 1886.
II. James Fitts Hill, b. Jau'y 26th, 1886 ; bap.
68 Susan Virginia Fitts=Col. LucienVan Buren
Martin. Col. Martin was born in Frank-
lin county, Ala., in 1829, and was the son of
Judge Peter Martin. When quite small he
was brought by his parents to Tuscaloosa,
where he was educated, and had the degree
of A.M., conferred upon him in 1852 by
the University of Alabama. In 1856 he
was elected Solicitor of the 3d Judicial Dis-
trict by the Legislature of Alabama. In
1867 President Johnson appointed him U. S.
District Attorney for the Southern District
of Alabama. He was also a planter, and
supervised his cotton plantation when he
was practicing law, both before and after the
war. He died in Tuscaloosa, March 22d,
1873, and was buried in Evergreen Ceme-
tery. Susan Virginia Fitts was born in
Clark county, and taken to Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
by her mother when she was 4 years old,
where she was educated. She was baptized
March 16th, 1870, and confirmed by Bishop
Wilmer. She was married to Col. Martin,
Oct. 16th, 1850. Their children were:
79 I. Emily Lee Martin, b. Feb. 6th, 1852;
m. Dec. 11th, 1877, to George Woolsey
Van Hoose. Issue, (q. v.).
and Their Descendants. 357
II. Harriette Martin, b. June 21st, 1853 ;
d. June 29th, 1855.
80 III. Sallie Bell Martin, b. Dec. 5th, 1854 ;
bap. May 7th, 1871 ; married March
2d, 1874, to Gideon Frederick Martin,
of Little Rock, Ark. Issue, (q. v.).
IV. Susan Fitts Martin, b. April 30th,
1859 ; d. April 16th, 1860.
V. Lucia Martin, b. Oct. 17th, 1863;
bap. March 16th, 1878; m. June 1st,
1897, to James William Erwin, of
Washinton, D. C.
VI. Harry Pegues Martin, b. Sept. 6th,
1869; bap. May 22d, 1870, and died
Sept. 26th, 1871.
79 Emily Lee Martin = George Woolsey Van
Hoose. (Mr. Van Hoose is a lawyer of
prominence in Tuscaloosa, and Register of
the Chancery Court.) Issue :
I. George Woolsey Van Hoose, b. Oct.
15th, 1883, and bap. March 2d, 1884.
II. Lucia Van Hoose, b. Sept, 11th, 1885;
bap. May 30th, 1886.
80 Sallie Bell Martin = Gideon Frederick Mar-
tin. Issue.
I. Susie Fitts Martin, b. Jan. 16th,
1876; married June, 1897, to James
Jefferson Mayfield.
II. Narcissa Pillow Martin, b. Sept, 12th,
1879.
III. Lallie Bell Burnley Martin, b. Nov.
24th, 1883; died Feb. 12th, 1888.
IV. Fredrika Alston Martin, b. Oct. 22d,
1888.
358 Phillip and Winifred (Whitmel) Alston
63 Samuel Thomas Alston = Ruina Tempie Will-
iams, dau. of Robert Webb Williams
= Harty Hodge Davis. Issue :
I. Edward Faulcon Alston, b. Sept. 1st,
1833; m. Ellen Hendrix. d. s. p.
II. Samuel Thomas Alston, Jr., killed in
C. S. Army.
III. Caroline Medora Alston=Wm. Keai-
ney Alston Williams, son of Lewis
Alston Williams = Priscilla Kearney,
(q. v.) for issue.
81 IV. Major Robert Williams Alston was
wounded 16 times in C. S. Army
=Martha (Pattie) Davis, dau. of John
C. Davis=Lucy Davis Alston. Issue,
(q.V.).
V. Solomon Williams Alston, Surgeon C.
S. A., died in army.
VI. John Davis Alston, b. Sept. 3d, 1841;
was wounded in the Confederate ser-
vice=TEMPiE Davis.
VII. Captain Philip Guston Alston, b.
Aug. 12th, 1843, and was wounded
in battle in the Confederate service
=Elisabeth Williams (daughter of
Capt. Archibald Davis Williams, C. S.
A. = Lucy Ann Lewis.)
VIII. Susan Luella Alston, b. Oct. 23d, 1845;
= Lewis Alston Thompson, son of
Thomas Bond Thompson = Tempie
Maria Williams, (q. v.) for issue.
IX. Elisabeth Faulcon Alston (Bettie)=
George W. Alston, (q. v.) for issue.
X. Ruina T. Alston, b. 1851= Philip
Kearney Williams, son of Solomon
and Their Descendants. 359
Williams = Maria Alston Kearney.
(q. v.) for issue.
■ 81 Major Robert Williams Alston=Martha (Pattie)
Davis. Issue :
I. Elisabeth=John Hayes, and have 6
children.
II. Lula=Lewis Alston Thompson, Jr.,
and have 2 children.
III. Mattie.
IV. Samuel.
V. Sarah G.
VI. Robert
VII. Annie Bell Alston, unm.
The following extract from Major Alston's obituary is
given:
Major Robert W. Alston.
" At his home in Warren county, N. C, April 29th, 1901 ,
there passed from the sorrows and troubles of this world
to a life of joy and peace above, Major Robert W. Alston
in the 64th year of his life. He was one of God's noblest
creations, a man of whom naught but good could be said.
His life as a boy was all a fond father and mother could
wish. As a young man, he was noble, true and brave. As
an older man he was all of these combined.
"In 1862, he raised Company K, 12th North Carolina
Regiment, and as Captain led the Franklin and Warren
boys in many a hard fought battle. He led his men, never
saying go, but always follow me, boys. At the death of
the Major of the regiment, he was promoted to Major.
Like his noble leader, Stonewall Jackson, Major Alston
knew no such thing as fear. He led his regiment in per-
haps a hundred battles. He was wounded sixteen times,
360 Phillip and Winifked (Whitmel) Alston.
one ball striking him in the mouth taking out all the teeth
on one side; and another in the shoulder, causing the par-
tial loss of the use of his right arm the balance of his life,
and many other wounds that would have killed most men.
He had three horses killed under him, captured two
soon after, and rode one of them home, which he kept for
many years after the war. His men loved him, and would
have followed him into the very cannon's mouth.
" 'Twas in the day of greatest need,
He came the South's brave sons to lead
On fields of battle gory.
His lofty courage did inspire
The boys in gray with souls on fire,
To fight for home and glory."
"His old comrades will shed bitter tears of grief at his
leaving them. His life since the war has been as pure and
as simple as our Savior has laid down, when he said: ' Love
thy neighbor as thyself,' for if ever a man lived that way,
Major Alston did."
James and Christian (Lillington) Alston. 361
A James Alston settled in Craven county, at or near
New Berne, where he married Christian
Lillington, daughter of George and Han-
nah Lillington. The date of this marriage
is not known, but it was after 1741, and on
the 7th of May, 1745, he purchased an island
called Troy, on Bennett's creek, near his
father, and in 1747 he sold 640 acres of land
near New Berne, which George Lillington
bequeathed to his daughter Christian, now
the wife of James Alston. He also wit-
nessed the signing of the will of Samuel
Williams in 1751. He is next mentioned
as being appointed on the Commission of
Peace and Dedimus, as Justice for Chowan
county, Dec. 5th, 1757. After his father's
death, which occurred in 1758, he removed
from Chowan to Orange county, where he
died on Elebye creek, in 1761. His father,
in his will in 1758, made him sole executor.
The following were his children :
1 I. John Alstou=wife not known, (q. v.).
II. Mary, died prior to 1764.
2 III. James Alston =Grizel (Gilly) Yan-
cey, (q. v.).
IV. Charity=Lieutenant Colonel William
Alston. (q. v.). (Son of Solomon
Alston, Sr.=Nancy Hinton.)
3 V. Sarah=lst Sir Thomas Dudley, (q.v.).
= 2d William Cain. (q. v.).
The belief is prevalent among his descendants that the
362 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
above mentioned George Lillington was a colonel in the
British army, aud came to Carolina from Barbadoes, but
the proof is wanting. The first mention we find of him
and his father, Edward, in the Colonial Reports, is about
1724. The following abstracts are here annexed with the
will of George Lillington, and a sketch of the family In
the Colonial Records the name is variously given asJLil-
lington, Lunnington, and Linnington or Linington.
Edward Lillington died on the Neuse river, in Craven
county, in 1736. His devisees were: George
Lillington, Christian Malone, Mary Sherlock,
Edward Lillington, and grandson, Francis Sher-
lock. His executors were : Edward Moseley,
Captain Joseph Hannis, and son-in-law, Dennis
Sherlock.
"George Lillington, son of the above Edward, lived
on the Neuse river, in Craven county; was appoint-
ed Justice of the Peace in 1739, and died in
January, 1741. From his will we learn that he
was twice married. By his first wife (name un-
known) he had 2 daughters, Ann Hutchinson
Lillington and Elisabeth Lillington ; and by his
second wife (Hannah) also 2, viz.: Christian
and Mary Elisabeth Lillington, not yet 17 years
old. This Christian Lillington married
James Alston a few years afterwards, and sur-
vived her husband.
In The Name of God Amen : I George Linington of
ye province of N. Carolina & County of Craven Being
Low & Weak But thanks be to Almighty God Am In
Perfect Memory of mind. Do constitute, ordain and Ap-
point This to Be my Last will and Testament makeing By
These Presents voyd and of no Effect all former wills, &c. :
and Their Descendants. 363
That mite have Bain made and Ratefied By me Before
This Date Voide and of non Effect In all or any manner
of ways or forms Whatever.
First. I will and Bequeath my Body to ye Earth from
whence it was taken to be By my after mentd Excts :
affter a deacent manner Hoping and Being well Assured
that it will be Raised up to Glory at ye General Reserec-
tion of ye Just Into Eternal Life Through ye merits and
mediation of my dear Redemer — Jesus Christ.
Secondly. I desier That all my Just & Lawfull Debts
may be paid without any cost or Lawsute &c. And as
Touching what worldly goods the Lord hath endowed me
with : I Will & Bequeath as follows &c.
Thirdly. I will & Bequeath To my dear wife Hanah
Linington one negro man called Jack and one negro woman
Called Bess & all my Stock of Cattle Except what I shall
Bequt to my Two Daughters (obliterated) of one negro
man called Bricke to my wife afsd. During her naturall life
& then to Return as Shall Be herein Expressed : I give to
my sd wife one Black hors Called Ranger & one Black
Brooding mair &One father Bed wt was her one with firni-
ture & one third part of all my puter & Iron pots & all
other of my household goods : Beds excepted : I also
give to my afsd. wife my now dwelling plantation During
her naturall Life yt. is if she shall continue on ye said
plantation. But if not yt it may Be for ye Imediate use
of my Daughter Christian.
Fourthly. I give & Bequeath to my Eldest daughter
Ann Hutchinson Linington fifty Pound Curnt money of
N. Carolina.
Fifthly. I give & Bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth
Linington fifty pounds of like Curnt.
Sixthly. I give and bequeath to my daughter Christian
Linington my now dwelling plantation after ye death of
my Espoused wife and one negro man called John & one
364 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
negro woman called Chatt & Ten Cows and Calves with
there Increase they being in ye possession of Patrick Fer-
rill att So. Wt. creek — & one young mair Being the mair
Rabits Increase and ye one third part of all my puter and
iron pots and all other of my household goods: and one
father bed and firniture I give to my afd Daughter one
Large gold riDg & four silver Tea Spoons and Tongues. I
give to my daughter Christian my Church Bible.
Seventhly. I Give & Bequeath to my Daughter Mary
Elizabeth Linington One tract of Land Lying and Being
on ye East side of ye mouth of Coar Creek And two negro
men named Cuffee and Waxford & two negro women
named Moll and Diana and two negro boys named Simeon
and St. Citts with all ther Increase and Ten Cows and
Calves Being on ye No. Shore in possession of Jacob
Sherrod And one Bay mair & her Increase Being ye Black
mairs Increase: & one Stone Ring And one plain Gold
Ring & one father bed and firniture and ye third part of
all my puter & iron pots and of all my other household
goods —
Eightly. It is my will and desier That if Eytherof my
Daughters Christian or Mary Elizabeth Linington should
dye before ye age of seventeen years or day of marege
That Then The Surviving Daughter here Shall have the
Deceaseds legacy for ye use of her and her heirs and as-
signs they only paying one hundred pound Curnt money
of No. Carolina To Each of my daughters Ann Hutchin-
son and Elizabeth Linington or there heirs or assigns
Ninthly. I Give & Bequeath To my Nephew Francis
Shearlock Six hundred & Thirty Two acres of Land Lying
and being on ye No. side (obliterated * * ) & Binding
(obliterated) No side of White Branch only Excepting
One Hundred Acres of sd tract of Land being ye part that
Jacob Sherod Settled & Built on Thesed Hundred acres of
Land I Give & Bequeath to the afsd. Jacob Sherods Sec-
and Their Descendants. 365
ond Sou and his heirs or assigns &c. I also give to ray
afsd. Nephew Francis Sherlock one negro man named
Brikke to Be Reed, at ye death of my present wife &c. I
also give to my Nephw afsd : Two Cows and Calves —
Tenthly. I will and desier That my negroes That I
have Given to my Daughters may not Be separated By any
means untill they are devided to Them at The age of Sev-
enteen years or day of marige: and That my work horses
and oxen Be continued in ye service with ye Slaves yt I
have given to my wife & two Daughters & that the pro-
duce of all there Labour be equally devided Between my
wife and Two children : During ye time from ye date
hereof & my daughters arriving to ye age of Seventeen
years : or date of marige wt shall first Be.
Eleventh. I will and Desier that the one negro man
Sampson & a negro Garl Naun now in posession of Col.
Wm. Wilson May be sold and ye money Apployed Toward
paying my Lawful Debts & the Two Tarrkills now on
hand may be finished & that ye produce thereof may Be
applied to the same use of paying my debts as afsd :
Twelfly. I will and desier That my heirs Excts Admiu-
strs. or assigns may make over a tract of Land on Turkey
Quarter to Thos. Smith his heirs or assigns Att his or
there paying one hundred and sixty pounds Curnt money
of No Carolina or ye value thereof in The (obliterated) of
the Country and the Sd money To be paid Toward paying
my debts if need requiers & if not itt To Bee for ye use of
my children. And as to a bond of Paul Thwarps of Three
Hundred and fifty pound I desire may be applied after ye
same Nature As afsd. Note The quantety of land I will
to Thos Smith is patent Six hundred & forty acres more
or less —
Thirteenthly. I give & Bequeath my horse frolick to
Mary Nixson
Fourteenthly. Itt is my will and desier & likewise I do
make constitute and appoint my well Beloved friends
366 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
Wilhn. Brice and Richard Nixon Excts. of this my last
will and Testament In Testimony hereof I have sett my
hand and fixed my seal this 24th day ot January Anno
Domini 1741. G. Linington. (SEAL)
Signed Sealed & Acknowledged
In ye presents of uss
Thos Smith
N athn Smith
LILLINGTON.
The following sketch of this family is taken from letters
written by Mr. George W. Kirke of New York, who has
repeatedly visited the manorial seat in England, and was
well informed of their history:
" Lillington was an ancient and honorable family in
Warwickshire, England. The manorial home was at Lil-
lington, a rural hamlet near Leamington, Spa., where a
church was erected, and dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen,
in 1190. It was served by the Seculars of Kenilworth
Priory (four miles off) until the religious houses were sup-
pressed by Henry VIII. Near by is Leicester Hospital,
founded in 1571 by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, pre-
viously a monastic house, and confiscated by Henry VIII.
There have been successive generations of clergymen in
the Lillington family, and Wadham College, Oxford, has
been the family channel of education. These held as a
living St. Mary's Church, and also Leicester Hospital."
This church, somewhat remodeled, is still standing and
known as Lillington Church. Three brothers of this
family came to Massachusetts in early colonial days and
were men of enterprise and means, and went from thence
to the island of Barbadoes. They purchased land near
Philadelphia, and later sold it to Mr. Parmer, who called
it Kensington, which is now a part of the city of Phila-
delphia; also Treaty Island, in the Delaware river just
and Their Descendants. 367
above Philadelphia. They also went to the North Caro-
lina colony. George was in Barbadoes in 1685. George
Lillington, Esq., was President of the Council in 1709 as
governor and commander in chief of Barbadoes. He sub-
sequently returned to England."
From the Genealogical Register of Massachusetts, vol.
30, page 235, is obtained the following:
" I, Alexander Lillington, of Albemarle county, in the
province of Carolina, planter, and now present in Salem,
in New England, being the husband of Sara James, the
daughter of Thomas James, dec'd, etc. This deed was
signed and sealed 3d August, 1675. Essex Co. Deeds,
B-4, p. 379."
From the North Carolina Register of Genealogy it is
ascertained that Alex. Lillington was born 1643, so he
must have been about 25 when he immigrated to Carolina.
His subsequent visit to Salem, Mass., in 1775, may have
been to dispose of property inherited by his wife from her
father, who had recently died in the province of Carolina.
His will, dated September 9th, 1697, gives his wife's name
as Ann, who unquestionably is the widow who died Jan'y,
1724, leaving a dau., Elizabeth Lillington; a grandson,
John Simons, and was not the mother of Alexander Lil-
lington's children, but a widow with a family of her own,
at time of her marriage to him, and her widow's name or
maiden name are unknown. Her grandson, John Simons,
was appointed justice of the peace for Craven county, in
1739. Her daughter, Elizabeth Lillington, was the widow
of William Barrow (whose will was dated January 8th,
1715 ; proved April 27th, 1717) before she married Lil-
lington. In her will, proved Dec, 1741, she enumerates
her children by name of Barrrow, but none of Lillington.
There was Sam Lillington in Albermarle in 1702, and
William Lillington, of Bath, in 1701, as well as Edward
Lillington, all of whom were doubtless of the same family
368 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
as Major Alexander. There was also an Eleazer Lilling-
ton, juryman in 1723 in New Hanover county. These
several parties may have come from Barbadoes subse-
quently to Major Alex, and been sons of George or the 3d
brother mentioned by Mr. Kirke. Records are wanting
and there is no proof. Major Alexander Lillington died
in Perquimans. On the 3d Dec, 1679, he, together with
George Durant, Ralph Fletcher and Caleb Calloway were
appointed associate justices for holding court. He was
judge of Precinct Court 1690, and deputy governor of
North Carolina, appointed 1693. His will enumerates
sous John and George, wife Ann, dau. Anne, Elisabeth,
Mary and Sarah.
1. John Lillington=Sarah Porter. He was vestry-
man of St. Paul's Parish, Edenton, from 1705 to
1715, when he became custodian of goods for Bath
precinct, Pamlico Sound, where he died in 1723.
He left issue: General Alexander Lillington and
daughters, Elisabeth, Sarah and Anue. His execu-
tors were his wife Sarah, Maurice Moore, John Porter
and John Baptista Ashe. His widow afterwards mar-
ried — Pilkinton.
2. George Lillington died 1706, aged 13 years, and
his tomb is to be seen in the graveyard at Edenton,
North Carolina.
3. Anne, his oldest dau., born 1677, married Henderson
Walker, Esq., President of the Council and com-
mander-in-chief of North Carolina. He died 1704.
His widow subsequently married Edward Moseley,
Esq. She died 1732 and is also buried at Edenton.
4. Elisabeth, his 2d dau., was born 1679. She married
John Fendall, who died Dec, 1695, without issue.
She then married May, 1698, to Hon. Samuel
Swann, who died 1707, leaving issue. She sub«e-
and Their Descendants. 369
quently married, about 1712, Maurice Moore, who
survived her and afterwards married Miss Porter.
5. Mary, the 3d daughter. We are not informed as to
whom she married.
6. Sarah, the 4th daughter, married John Porter, brother
of John Lillington's wife.
The following will of James Alston is here given :
North Carolina, Orange County.
I, James Alston now of Elebye Creek and the County
and province aforesaid, being in a low state of health, but
in perfect sound mind and memeory, do make this my last
Will and Testament, making null and void all other wills
made by me. First, I resign my soul up to God that give
it me and my body to be decently interred, as to my
worldly substance I give and bequeath as follows:
Item, my Will is, that Warham Glenn make my son
John Alston a Deed for the lower half of the land whereon
the said Warham Glenn and Ann Downs Lived and Pun-
ning down to John Woods line for Compliment, & that
the said Warham Glenn make my son Jas. Alston a Deed
for the other half running up the Piver to Wm. Roberts
line for Compliment & to Wm. Glenn for so doing I give
and Bequeath the Plantation whereon he now lives, two
hundred acres of land be the same more or less, to him,
his heirs and assigns forever. Also I give to Warham
Glenn forty pounds Virginia Money, to be paid next winter
only Reduction to be made of what he has already received
towards that forty pounds.
Item, my Will is that Josiah Sumner pay my executor
or Executors Two Hundred & thirty five pounds proclama-
tion money, or Virginia Money according to a bargain.
And for so doing I give and bequeath unto the said Josiah
Sumner my land in Hertford Co. Beginning at the Mouth
of Anthony Swamp, Running up Swamp by line of marked
24 al
370 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
trees to William Sharps line, then along William Sharps
line to Mocason Creek then the Various Cours of Goos
Creek to the first station, to him & heirs & Assigns
forever.
Item, I mean the use of the plantation whereon I now
live to my Loving wife Christian Alston, During her
Widowhood, but at her death or marriage then to return
to my son John Alston, to him & his heirs & assigns for-
ever. Also I give to my sou John Alston all my land
Down Neuse River & two Lotts in Newbern Town & the
laud & plantation in Chowan Co. on Biuts Creeks whereon
my Father formerly lived to him and his heirs & assigus
forever.
Item, I give aud bequeath to my son James Alston all
my lands in Halifax Co. & Granville Co. lying between
Milton's Creek and Reedy Creek to him & his heirs and
assigns forever, Excepting a small piece of laud surveyed
by Edward Youug, that I give and bequeath uuto my
brother Joseph John Alston, to him & his heirs & assigns
■forever, also I give my son Jas. Alston my Land on Elebye
Creek whereon Indian Ben now lives to him & his heirs &
assigns forever. I mean that Indian Ben shall have the
use of the place for four years, paying an equal part of the
expenses aud dividing the profits equally with my son Jas.
Alston. My will is that my son John Alston puts in his
three Negroes which his grandfather gave him in my estate
of Negroes & at a Division to come for an equal part. My
Will is furthermore that my Negroes shall not be distributed
any great distance and no division of my negroes until one
of my children comes of age or Marries. My Will is
furthermore, that if my wife Christian Alston should marry
before any of my children comes of age or Marries that she
shall take an equal sixth part of my Negroes, Stock & house-
hold Goods & my childrens part to remain together without
any division, till one of my children comes of age or Mar-
ries. This to be equally divided amongst them & if my wife
and Their Descendants. 371
should remain a widow till either one of my children comes
of age or Marries then all my negroes, stock & household
goods to be equally Divided to my Wife Christian Alston
& my son John Alston & my daughter Marye Alston &
my son Jas. Alston & my daughter Charity Alston & my
daughter Sarah Alston & my Will is that if my wife or
either or any of my children should die unmarried or not
of Age then the survivors shall have the deceasedst Part or
Parts equally Divided amongst them & every one of these
parts I give to them & their heirs & assigns forever.
My will is furthermore that my wife and family shall
have a Sufficient Maintenance out of the income of my
estate so long as they remain together, and the overplus of
the income of my estate if any let out on interest or laid
out on Consignment Lands or on any young negro wenches
for the benefit of my children and to be equally divided
among them. Also my will is that two tracts or parcels of
land both in Hertford Co. one known by the name of
Slawsons on the South side of the Chowan river & the
other Troy on Binetts Creek on the North side of Chowan
River should be sold at publick Sale at Six months credit
with Bond and Security. Also I do auomiuate & appoint
my Good & well Brothers, John Dawson & Philip Alston
& Solomon Alston Jun. & John Alston, son of Solomon
Alston Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In
Witness whereof I have hereuuto set my hand & Seal this
the twenty eighth Day of Feb. One Thousand Seven
hundred and Sixty one.
James Alston. [Seal.]
Test.
Wakham Glenn,
James Boyd,
Thomas Hines.
Proved in Court by Thomas Hines second Tuesday in
May 1761.
Test:
James Watson, C. C.
372 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
1 John Alston, the oldest child of Jas. Alston and
Christian (Lillington), we find liviug in
Wake county, in 1774, and disposing of
property in New Berne and Craven county.
He died in 1814 in Orange county, where
his will was probated. It has not been as-
certained whom he married, but more than
probably he married twice. By reference to
his will and that of his 4th son, Lemuel, we
gather the following as his children :
I. John Alston. Nothing known.
II. George L. Alston. Nothing known. ,
III. Philip Alston. Nothing known. jf
IV. Lemuel A>ton. d. s. p. 1818. x^
^j ' V. Alfred Alston. Nothing known. ■*
VI. Mary K. (Polly) m. Robert Scott.
VII. Martha (Patsy.)
VIII. Sarah (Sallie)=Mathew Picket.
IX. James Alston, m. and had a son, Lemuel.
X. Absalom Alston, m. and had a son, Cal-
vin J., who had a son, J. W. Alston
in Texas. J^
XL Christian Charity = Solomon Jones,-''
(son of James Jones= Charity Alston,
dau. of Solomon Alston = Nancy
Hinton.) ((/. v.)
It is very much regretted that no regular history of this
large family has been obtained.
The above is probably the John T. Alston mentioned in
N. C. Colonial Reports, Vol. X, p. 615. 1776.
2 James Alston, the second son of James Alston and
Christian (Lillington) his wife, was born most
probably in Chowan county, near his grand-
and Their Descendants. 373
father, about 1746-1748. After his grandfather
died in 1758, his father removed with his
family (date not known) to Orange county.
Here he married Grizel (Gilly) Yancey,
and lived until soon after the Revolutionary
war, when he removed with his family to Elbert
county, Ga., together with his cousin Lieut.
Col. William Alstou, who had married his
sister Charity; and settled near each other on
the Savannah river and Beaver Dam creek,
where they both died at an advanced age —
William in 1810, and James in 1815. In
the same section and nearly about the same
time, the family of Ralph Banks, who was
a uear relative, settled. (This family has
been noticed elsewhere). Sometime after
the death of James Alston, his widow re-
moved to Monroe county, Ga., and settled
about two miles from Culloden, where she died,
Nov. 8th, 1845. From their settling in Monroe
county, this family has been sometimes alluded
to as "the Monroe Alstons." Mrs. James
Alston, in her character and widely spread in-
fluence, was a most remarkable woman. I
will insert an obituary notice, written soon after
her death, also a little sketch of her family, as
(here have been several intermarriages with
the families of Alston and Yancey. (See line
of Williiam Alston = Ann Kimbrough.)
Mrs. Gilly (Yancey) Alston.
" Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
Died on the 8th of Nov. 1845, near Culloden, Ga., Mrs.
Gilly Alston, relict of Mr. James Alston, in the 94th year
of her age. She became religious in early life in North
374 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
Carolina, and was some of the first fruits ot the Methodist
ministry in that State. She and her husband cast their
lots with them at a church twenty miles distant, but shortly
afterwards their house became a place for preaching, and
a society was formed there. When they removed to
Georgia, they brought their religion with them, and were
among the first Methodists in Elbert county. The venerable
Bishop Asbury, in traveling through the South, used to
find a home in their hospitable dwelling. About thirty
years ago did this venerable matron became a widow, but
Providence seems to have kindly alleviated her bereavement
by the assiduity and warm affection of a maiden daughter,
who took upon herself all the burdens and cares of the
household, and was a truly excellent nurse.
Her last affliction was of seven weeks' duration and ex-
tremely painful, yet she bore it with fortitude, and died as
she had lived — a Christian. Some of her last stammering
accents were uttered in a soliloquy which bespoke the
triumph of her faith. Just before her departure she said:
"O, the joy, the glory, the richness of the inheritance of
the saints!" She has gone to join the companion of her
youth, and some of her children aud grand children at
God's right hand ; and leaving behind her upwards of a
hundred of her descendants, down to the fourth generation,
most of whom that are come to years of maturity, are
members of the Methodist church, and are trying to follow
the footsteps of this veteran of the Cross. " Verily, the
generation of the upright shall be blessed."
Her daughter, Mrs. Banks, of Alabama, was permitted to
visit her in her last illness, and remained with her until
she died. This visit she esteemed as a boon of kind Provi-
dence toward her in her last affliction.
John Joseph Groves.
The following incident of James Alston occurred during
and Their Descendants. 375
the Revolution. At the time he was an officer in the
militia, and in an engagement with the Tories, was cap-
tured, together with the horse he was riding, which was a
fine animal. Being fond of horses, he had taught this one,
which was a favorite with him, a number of pranks. Among
which was, "by placing his hand upon a certain part of the
horse he would limp very badly ; then by changing the
hand and placing it elsewhere, he would instantly spring
to the utmost and run at the top of his speed." After
having been captured, as above stated, he was tried by
court-martial and sentenced to be shot sitting upon his
horse, beiDg required to ride a certain distance to a desig-
nated spot to be executed. , As he was riding the distance
he made the horse limp most wretchedly, and upon reach-
ing the place, he changed his hand, when suddenly he sprang
as for life, and ran at the top of his speed, with his would-
be executioners in pursuit. The race was lively, but his
horse saved him.
Children of
2 James Alston = Grizel (Gilly) Yancey.
^ I. Nathaniel Alston, b. in Orange county,
N. C., 1775, d. in Marengo county, Ala.,
in 1852. He married in March, 1800,
Mary Grey Jeffreys, of North Carolina,
(dau. of William Jeffreys=Mary Grey)
who died June, 1846. He removed from
Elbert county, Ga., to St. Stephens, Ala.,
with his famiy in 1818, and died at the
residence of his sou, Judge Wm, Jeffreys
Alston, (q. v.)
II. Charity Alston, b. in Orange county,
N. C, 1777, and died in 1828 in Elbert
county, Ga., m. James Banks, b. Aug. 4th,
376 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
1770, son of Thomas Banks = Bettie
White. He died in Elbert county, Ga.
(For issue see Banks.)
5 III. Sarah Alston, b. March 21st, 1779, in
Orange county, N. C, and died June 18th,
1861, in Abbeville district, S. C; m. in
Elbert Co., Ga., to Joseph Groves, (q. v.).
IV. Martha Alston, b. Dec. 14th, 1781 ; d.
July 2d, 1854, unm., at Culloden, Ga.
6 V. John Alston, b. 1783; died in Texas 1835;
m. Oct. 4th, 1810. Charity, daughter
of J. Minor Tate=Nancy (Alston) Tate,
dau. of Lieut. Col. Wra. Alston (son of
Solomon Alston = Nancy Hintou) and
Charity Alstou, (dau. of James Alston,
Sr.) 2d wife was Miss McGinty.
(q. v.)
VI. Hannah Alson, b. 1785; d. 1853, in
Enon, Ala.; m. James Jones Banks, of
Elbert county, Ga., son of Ralph Banks
=Rachel Jones, his wife. (For issue, see
Banks.)
7 VII. Elisabeth Alston, b. 1787; m. John O.
Glover, of Abbeville, S. C. (q. v.)
If Nathaniel Alston=Mary Grey Jeffreys. Issue:
8 I. Wm. Jeffreys Alston, born in Elbert Co., Ga.,
Dec. 31, 1800. He was educated by that cel-
ebrated teacher, Dr. Moses Waddell, in South
Carolina ; came with his father to St. Stephens,
where he taught school and studied law. In
1821 he began to practice in Linden, Mar-
engo Co., and became Judge of the County
Court. He died 1876.
and Their Descendants. 377
The following taken from "Public Men of
Alabama," will not be inappropriate.
William Jeffreys Alston first appeared in
the Legislature of Alabama as a representa-
tive from Marengo County in 1837. In 1839
he was elected to the Senate, and after serving
his term of three years, he retired until 1849,
when he was elected representative to Con-
gress over his able competitor, Calvin C.Sellars,
of Wilcox. After his term in Congress ex-
pired, he was again elected to public life and
still resides in Marengo, highly respected by
all parties. While he figured in the political
arena he displayed great activity and zeal as a
Whig, before that party was absorbed by an-
other organization in 1855, when he was again
elected to the State Legislature. He was a
gentleman of fine talents and culture, of en-
gaging address and pleasant delivery in debate.
No man had strouger convictions in the line of
duty and none was more courteous in discus-
sion. The same measure of respect which he
required from others, he cheerfully accorded to
his opponents on all occasions.
He was 4 times married.
Aug. 26, 1824, 1st Martha Cade, b.May 18,
1809 ; d. May 28, 1846. 7 children.
Second, Harriet Harwell, in 1847; 1 son.
Third, Mrs. Cheney; no issue.
Fourth, Mrs. Mary Glover Shields Lowery;
2 sons.
II. Mary Grey, b. Jany. 8, 1803; m. John
Gilmore; 7 children.
378 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
10 III. James Yancey, b. Sept. 20, 1805 ; cL
April 3, 1884 ; m. twice; 2d wife was
Martha Wooteu; 4 ch.
11 IV. Nathaniel Kirabrough, b. Feb. 9, 1808 ;
d. Sept, 7, 1886 ; m. Nov. 8, 1832.
Winifred May, b. Oct. 9, 1815 ;d. April
1, 1876.
V. Gilly Yancey, m. twice; 1st — Moore;
2d — McMillan.
VI. John Wesley, d. s. p.
12 VII. Sarah Amanda,!). Feb. 24, 1816; m.
Spinks; 4 children.
13 VIII. Arabella Atalauta, b. April 4, 1821;
m. Willard Freeman and lives in New
York. Issue 5 children.
Up IX. Leonidas, b. Jany. 17,1823; m. Cecilia
Seabrook ; 5 children.
S Judge William Jeffreys Alston=Martha Cade.
Issue :
I. William Jeffreys Cade, b. Sept. 24, 1825 ; d.
Dec. 1857 s. p. at Indianola, Texas.
15 II. Nathaniel Yancey, b. May 12,1830; m. May
16, 1850 to Sarah A. Shields, dau. of The-
odore Shields and had 8 children.
l'i HI. Thyrza Jane b. Jan. 24. 1935; d. Jany. 27,
1871; m. 1st Jan., 1853 to Dr. Thos. W.
Jones. Issue : 2 daughters. Married 2d
Dr. Samuel Watkins Vaughn. Issue 1 sun
and 1 daughter.
17 IV. Mary Grey, b. Aug. 26, 1837; m. March 1,
1855, to Dr. James Kent ; issue 2 daughters.
V. Joseph Erwin, b. Jan. 28, 1840; d. July 6,
1852.
VI. Emma Augusta, b. Sept. 24, 1842 ; married
and Their Descendants. 379
1st Dr. B. F. May ; 2d Reuben H. Roberts;
3d C S. Morton ; do issue.
VII. Waldemar, b. Sept. 18,1844; m. Agnes
Lewis ; issue 4 children.
1. Willie Jeffreys=Levin Hildreth.
2. Waldemar Alston.
8. Agnes and 4. Sears Alston. They re-
side in Marengo Co. Ala.
By 2d wife, Harriet Harwell, issue 1 son.
VIII. Robert Harwell, b. Sept. 21, 1848 ; m. Dec.
19, 1871 to Della Cannon (dau. of Wra.
Cannon, Probate Judge of Calhoun Co.,
Ala., and Obedience (Sides) his wife.). They
have 1 son.
Thomas Cannon Alston who m. Mar-
garet Bromey, of Dublin, Ga., and have
a daughter, Sarah.
Robert H.Alston and his son Thomas,
are both operators in the Western
Union Telegraph office, Atlanta, Ga.
By 4th wife Mrs. Mary Glover Shields
Lowery, issue 2 sons :
IX. John Joseph Groves Alston b. Sept.
28, 1869 ; m. twice; 1st Daisy Grey,
issue 1 daughter, Thyrza ; 2d wife was
Mary Gilmore; issue Joseph Gilmore.
X. James Eugene Alston married Bonnie
Bradford; issue Lillian Alston.
15 Nathaniel Yancey Alston=Sarah A. Shields
Issue :
I. Martha Ann, b. Dec. 6, 1851 ; m. Jany. 2,
1872, to H. C. Burdin.
II. Sarah Amanda, b. May 30, 1854 ; died young.
380 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
III. Mary Grey, b. Jany. 12, 1857 ; in. Dec. 25,
1873, Dr. H. Slade.
IV. William Jeffreys, b. Sept. 30, 1860; m. Sept.
29, 1882, InezGambell.
V. Emma May, b. March 6, 1864; m. Oct. 7,
1881, to A. H. Robinson.
VI. Jane Thomas, b. Dec. 28, 1867 ; died young.
VII. Theodore Shields, b. Dec. 28, 1871 ; m. Feb.
25, 1892, to Lela Williamson.
VIII. Waldemar Nathaniel, b. Nov. 15, 1874 ; unm.
16 Thyrza jANE=lst husband, Dr. Thos. W. Jones.
I. Mary, b. Dec. 1853 ; m. Winston H. Boykin.
II. Grace Thomas, b. Sept. 6, 1855; num.
By 2d husband, Dr. Samuel Watkins
Vaughan, (q. v.).
III. Evelyn May m. Chas. W. Johnson of Cincinnatti,
and have 1 dan. — Henrietta Kirby.
IV. William Watkins ra. Helen Ma as.
17 Mary Grey=Dr. James Kent.
The following" sketch has been furnished us.
Dr. James Kent was born in Petersburg, Va.,
Jan. 8, 1830, graduated at William and Mary Col-
lege, Williamsburg, Va., at the age of eighteen.
At twenty-one he graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania and moved to Linden, Ala. He
there married and afterwards settled in Selma,
where he practiced his profession for twenty years.
When the Civil War broke out he was captain of
the "Independent Blues," of Selma. His com-
pany was ordered by Gov. Moore to Fort Morgan,
Jany., 1861, entered the Confederate service May 28,
1861, and was assigned to the 8th Alabama Kegt.
This company was the first in the State to volun-
and Their Descendants. 381
teer for the war, that is, as long as it should last.
Before this time the companies had volunteered for
one year. In 1862 he was elected colonel of the
"44th Regiment," which was assigned to "Law's
Brigade," " Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern
Virginia. " Though devoted to the cause, he was
forced to resign on account of ill health, and re-
turned to Alabama. He served as surgeon when
" Wilson's Division" raided Selma, April 2, 1865.
About 1876, on account of failing health, he re-
tired from the practice of his profession to' his plan-
tation near Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. In
1880 he represented that county in the legislature*
and died in 1881. They had but 2 daughters.
I. Mary Rosaline Kent, b. March 1, 1856 ;
m. Sept. 8, 1875, to Edward Taylor
Fowlkes. He was a descendant of the
Taylor- Wooten-Bass and Jennings families
of Virginia. Served in the Civil War at
the age of 15 and died June 3d, 1886.
Issue, Grace Byrd, b. Aug. 17, 1876;
died young.
Ethel Edward, b. Nov. 2, 1879.
II. Mattie Byrd Kent, b. Oct, 8, 1858; d.
Nov. 2, 1886 ; m. April 14, 1880, to Benja-
min Harrison Wilkins, a lineal descend-
ant of Benjamin Harrison, one of the sign-
ers of the Declaration of Independence.
Issue, Mary Grey Wilkins, b. Jany. 17,
1881.
John Gilmore=Mary Grey Alston. Issue :
(1) William J. Gilmore m. Isabel Cheney; issue 3 ch.
(2) Melissa Gilmore m. Dr. James G. Forster; issue 5
children.
382 James and Christian (Lillington)^Alston
(3) John Gilmore was killed by accidental discharge of
a pistol.
(4) Sarah Ann Gilmore m. Meridith Patterson Collins;
issue 10 ch.
(5) Elisabeth E. Gilmore m. Dr. John Wallace Collins;
issue 7 ch.
(6) Nathaniel Alston Gilmore m. Mattie Hunter Heard ;
issue 3 ch.
(7) Josephine Arabella Gilmore m. Benj'n Franklin
Marshall, s. p.
(1) Wm. J. Gilmore — Isabella Cheney; 'jssue: Will-
iam J., Mary Grey, and Bessie. These children
were left orphans at a very early age and reared
by their aunt, Mrs. Marshall. The daughter, Mary
Grey Gilmore m. John Groves Alston, son of
Judge Wm. J. Alston. They have 2 ch. and live
in Wilcox county, Ala.
Wm. J. Gilmore served in the Confederate States
army. He was a graduate of the University of
Alabama, a lawyer and member of the Legislature ;
died about 1870.
(2) Melissa Gilmore— Dr. James G. Forster. Issue:
1. Elisabeth E. Forster, unm. ; 2. Ida J., d.
unm., 1884.
3. Wm. Coudie Forster, M.D., m. Georgia West-
cott. He graduated at the University of
Georgia, and in medicine at the University of
Louisville, and died s. p. in 1898.
4. Sarah Blanche m. Samuel Ruffin, in Mt. Stirling,
1879 ; of 3 children but one survives (Sam-
uel). Mr. Ruffin is a traveling salesman and
his home is in Meridian.
5. James Meigs Forster m. Bettie Tabb, of Thom-
asville, where he now resides. They have 2 ch.,
and Their Descendants. 383
(1) James G. and (2) Hattie Tabb. Dr. James
G. Forster did a very extensive practice at
Mt. Stirling, where he also had a most com-
fortable home, from which was dispensed a
bountiful hospitality. After the death of his
wife, Melissa Gilmore, he married Mrs. Lide,
and died about 1888.
(4) Sarah Ann Gilmore=Meriditii Patterson Collins,
at Gaston, Ala. Issue. 1. John Floyd. 2. Wil-
liam Bruce. 3. Willard Freeman. 4. Mary Maria.
5. Infant. 6. Fannie Elisabeth. 7. Josiline. 8.
James Milton. 9. Sarah Ann. 10. Meridith Pat-
terson. Mr. Collins is a farmer, and since his mar-
riage has lived on Bon Secour Bay; also at Shubuta,
Miss., and now lives near Norwood, Madison Co.,
Tenn. His wife, Sarah, who died 1876, was a wo-
man of rare judgment, discretion, taste, and force
of character, and withal a sincere Christian.
1. John Floyd Collins was educated at West
Tennessee College, and the Southwestern
Baptist University, Jackson, Tenn.; has
been a professional teacher for 21 years, and
is now principal of the High School at Shu-
buta, Miss. June 30, 1896, he married
Ruby Estelle Purcell, of Columbia, Ala.,
who was an A.B. graduate of the Alabama
Conference Female College. Previous and
subsequent to her marriage she has been
teaching music, also in the literary depart-
ment. They have 3 children, viz. : John
Floyd Collins, Jr., Meredith Purcell and
Milton Massey Collins.
2. William Bruce Collins, of Norwood, Mad-
ison county, Tenn., graduated in medicine
384 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
and practiced for some years, when in con-
sequence of failing health he withdrew from
active practice.
3. Willard Freemau Collins is a locomotive en-
gineer and resides in Paducah, Ky. About
1880 he married Lizzie Greer, of Norwood,
Tenn., and have had 3 children, viz. : Tate,
Ina Lee and Henrietta.
4. Mary Maria Collins, d. unm. Nov. 16th,
1891. She was a graduate of the Memphis
Conference Female College at Jackson,
Tenn., and throughout life excelled in what-
ever she undertook, her life being a
beautiful exemplification of Christian char-
acter. Her mother dying when she was
but a girl entailed upon her the housekeep-
ing as well as the care and rearing of the
younger children, trusts which she dis-
charged with rare judgment and fidelity.
5. Fannie Elisabeth Collins was married, 1889,
to Dr. Hush A. Jones, a graduate of Van-
derbilt Medical College, and resides at Jack-
son, Tenn. They have had .four children,
Alston Hunter Jones, Estelle, Rush Gilmore,
and Elisabeth Grace Jones.
7. Josiline Collins, unmarried.
8. James Milton Collins, died 1895, aged 24.
9. Sarah Ann Collins, unmarried.
10. Meredith Patterson Collins, farmer, of Nor-
wood, Tenn., married January, 1900, to
Sarah Meriwether, of Carroll, Tenn.
V. Elisabeth E. Gilmore — Dr. John Wallace Col-
lins (1860). Dr. Collins served as surgeon
through the war and has lived in Mississippi,
and Their Descendants. 385
Tennessee, and Colorado, where he was for a
time professor of gynecology in the Medical De-
partment of the University of Denver. His present
home is in Carson City. His wife, a conscientious
Christian woman, bore him seven children (died
1882). 1. India, d. in childhood. 2. Eugene, d.
unm. 3. Mary Grey, d. 1884. 4. Dr. John Wal-
lace Collins, Jr., m. Nellie Rhodes, of Denver, and
has one child. They live in Colorado. 5. Fred-
erick Ernest Collins married and died s. p. (farmer).
6. Hattie, and 7. Lizzie Collins, d. in early child-
hood.
VI. Dr. Nathaniel Alston Gtlmore = Mattie Hunter.
Heard, dau. of Rev. James A. Heard, D.D., 1872.
Issue : Heard, Mattie and Nathaniel Alston, the
two last being twins. None of the children are
married. Dr. N. A. Gilmore lived and died in
1878, at Carroll, Tenn. His friends were almost
as numerous as his acquaintances.
VII. Josephine Arabella Gilmore = Benj. F. Mar-
shall, son of Matthew A. Marshall, of Gaston,
Ala. Mr. Marshall had enjoyed fine educational
advantages, to which were added natural ability
and a captivating personality. He died Sept.
22d, 1898.
10 James Yancey Alston, m. 1st wife (unknown.) and
has 1 daughter in Texas, m. 2d wife, Mar-
tha Wooten, and have 4 children, viz. :
I. James Yancey, Jr.=Josie Perkins, and have
6 children, viz. :
1. Sarah Wooten Alston.
2. Woodie Emmet.
3. Josie Perkins.
25 al
386 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
4. Harry Kimbrough Alston.
5. Barbara Ola Alston, and
6. Bella Bass Alston.
II. Ola Alston= J. A. Neece, and have 1 child,
Milton Ernest Neece.
III. Minetta Alston=A. A. Hinson, 3 ch.
1. Arnoldns Beerie Hinson.
2. Clara Belle Hinson.
3. Cecil Rudolph Hinson.
IV. Arabella Freeman Alston=John George
Bass; 1 dau. Ethel Ruteria Bass.
11 Nathaniel Kimbrough Alston= Winifred May,
daughter of William May (son of John
May) and Matilda Wattley, his wife. This
family removed from Marengo county,
Ala., to Grimes county, Texas, about 1840.
Issue :
I. Martha Evelina, born Feb. 6, 1834, in
Marengo county, Ala. ; d. June 25,
1835.
18 II. Thomas Franklin Alston, b. Aug. 22,
1836, in Marengo county, Ala.; m. 1st,
Emma Kellum, in 1860; 2d Laura
Moore, in 1867. Issue, (q. v.)
III. Josephine, b. Aug. 28, 1838, in Marengo
county, Ala.; d. Sept. 3, 1838.
IV. George Washington Alston, b. Aug. 24,
1839, in Marengo county ; d. July 1,
1881 ; m. Lula K. Loggins, Jan. 1876.
V. Eugenia Arabella, b. April 18, 1842,
Montgomery, Texas; m. 1st Reuben
Norris, Nov. 28, 1866, s. p. 2d A. J.
Polk, Dec. 24, 1882.
19 VI. Lydia Antoinette, b. Nov. 15, 1844,
and Their Descendants. 387
Montgomery, Texas ; m. Dr. James C.
Loggius, Nov. 28, 1866. Issue, {q. v.)
20 VII. Gilly Alston, b. Sept. 5, 1847, Montgomery
county, Texas ; d. June 13, 1888; m.
1st Thomas Loggius, Dec. 12, 1868.
2d Drewry May, July 1885. Issue,
(q. v.)
21 VIII. Nathaniel Kimbrough Alston, Jr., b.
July 21, 1850, Montgomery county,
Texas ; m. Alice M. White, April 28,
1887. Issue, (q. v.)
22 IX. Matilda Winifred, b. May 4, 1857, at
Huutsville, Texas ; m. William Whit-
worth, Nov. 28, 1878. Issue, (q. v.).
18 Thomas Franklin A lston=Emma Kelltjm. Issue :
1 Thomas Alston, 2 Arabella, 3 Samuel,
4 Wilcox, 5 Kimbrough, and 6 Sarah
Alston.
=Laura Moore. Issue : 1 Otis Alston, 2 Durer
Alston, 3 Seth, 4 Armid, 5 Alma, 6 Deetta.
and 7 Ewart Alston.
19 Lydia Antoinette Alston =Dr. James C. Log-
gins. Issue :
1. Winifred May Loggins.
2. John Morris Loggins.
3. Asenath Clements.
4. Lee Alston Loggins.
5. Patrick Henry Loggins.
6. Bell Hood Loggings.
7. Jackson Calhoun Loggins.
20 Gilly Alston— Thomas Loggins. Issue :
1. Nathaniel Reuben Loggins.
388 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
2. Mary Adella.
3. Gilly Helena.
4. Thomas.
5. Elbin Loggins.
=Drewry May. Issue : 1 son, Drewry May.
21 Nathaniel Kimbrough Alston= Alice M. White.
Issue :
1. Winifred Alston.
2. Pinekney Alston.
3. John Wesley Alston.
4. George Alston.
5. Lucy Alston.
22 Matilda Winifred Alston= William Whit-
worth. Issue :
1. Lela Whitworth.
2. Alston Whitworth.
3. William Whitworth.
4. Matilda Whitworth.
5. Autoinette Whitworth.
12 Sarah Amanda Alston — Spinks. 4 ch.
I. Mary Spinks, m. Robert Yuille. 3 ch.
1 Alston Yuille, 2 Robert Yuille, and 3
Annie. They live in Mobile, Ala.
II. Leonidas was killed in the war; unm.
III. Nathaniel, died; unm.
IV. Pauline Spinks m. Charles Johnson, and
have children. They live at Whistler.
13 Arabella Atalanta Alston= Willard Free-
man. They live in New York. Issue :
I. Willard, died young.
II. Frank Freeman.
III. Gindrat Freeman and others.
and Their Descendants. 389
llf. Leonldas Alston— Cecilia Seabrook. His widow
is still living at State Line, Ala. Issue :
I. Thomas Alston, m. and has children; a dau.
is named Winifred.
II. Pauline, m. Richardson, and have 1 daughter,
III. James Alston, m. Josie Burden.
IV. Jeffreys.
V. Waldemar.
5 Sarah Alston married Sept., 1797, Joseph Groves,
a merchant of Petersburg, Ga. He was born in 1768,
in Prince George county, Maryland, ot Solomon
and Elizabeth (Nicholson) Groves, both of Mary-
land, and died in 1850, in Abbeville, S. C. They
had 8 children, viz. :
I. James Alston Groves b. Sept. 29th, 1798, in
Elbert county, Ga. He was a lawyer by pro-
fession, and removed from Georgia to Kosciusko,
Miss., where he lived many years. From
there lie went to Opelousas, La. He was 3
times married, viz.:
1st. Mrs. Tabitha Beale, who bore him one son,
Bolivar, who died in early childhood.
2nd. Mrs. Ann Mitchell, of Kosciusko, Miss.
3rd. Mrs. Mary Ann Atwood, of Louisiana. He
died in 1890, at Browns, Ala., without issue.
23 II. John Joseph Groves=Mary Louisa Harvie.
. ■ Issue (q. v.).
III. Elizabeth Yancey Groves, born 1802, married
1st, Dr. A. B. Arnold, and 2nd Thomas
Heard. She died a few years since. Issue-
less.
24- IV. Rignul Nicholson Groves= Elisabeth Sarah
Sanders. Issue (q. v.).
V. Martha Hannah=Nelson Carter, a druggist of
390 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
Augusta, Ga., and afterwards of Charleston.
They left no children.
25 VI. Sarah Joseph= William T. Hackett. Issue
(q. v.).
26 VII. Frances Emma=Thomas Wilding Gantt. Is-
sue {q. v.).
VIII. Sylvanus Nathaniel Joshua Groves, b. 1822.
Died in early manhood.
23 Rev. John Joseph Groves, together with his
brother James went to Franklin College,
Ga., and afterwards to Columbia, S. C,
where they graduated in the same class aud
then qualified themselves to practice law.
The following obituary is taken from the Wesley an
Christian Advocate :
Groves. — Rev. John Joseph Groves was born in Abbe-
ville District, S. C, April 4th, 1800, and born again at
Abbeville Court House in the law office of Noble & Ward-
law, July 20th, 1820.
He sought the Lord deliberately and earnestly in the
room when a law student, and was blessed with a bright,
clear, and unmistakable change of heart, with the "joy
unspeakable and full of glory."
He practiced law in Monroe, Walton county, Ga., and
Elbert county, from 1822 to 1831, was leader of the first
class formed in Monroe, and continued in that office to the
end of his life. Was licensed to preach 1829, aud taught
school for many years in Middle and Southern Georgia and
Alabama.
Before leaving home on a visit to his son, at whose
house he died, he spoke to his pastor of a presentiment
that " his end was nigh," but said he, " I have set my
house in order." Few men ever reach to within twenty
and Their Descendants. 391
days of their eighty-sixth birthday in every way so well
preserved. Time and care and trouble did not rob him
of his natural force, his unfailing cheerfulness, kindliness
and bouyancy of spirits. With the exception of his de-
voted and cherished wife, (whose rare excellencies made
her a fit companion for such an husband) I suppose that
no one of his contemporaries remain.
In his later years, when shut out from regular secular
pursuits, he received a cordial welcome to the home of his
son-in-law, John Harris, Esq., and his only daughter,
whose delight was to comfort and cheer the declining years
of her venerable parents. Here brother Groves exhibited
a trait which strikingly marked his character as a Christian
worker. He would eat no idle bread. If he could not
find one thing that would serve the needs and comfort of
his family, he would seek another. His whole life showed
that he was busy about his Master's business. To every
good work he desired, he would, if possible, in some way
lend a helping hand. To this he was moved not simply
by conscience, but by love to God and love to man. He
recognized the fact that if there was one body, there are
many members and that all the members have not the same
office, "of one spirit a diversity of gifts."
Although a licensed preacher and ordained elder for
fifty-sixty years, most ot his work was done well, and
cheerfully done out of the pulpit, not that he refused to
occupy the sacred desk, when circumstances required, but
he did regard not this relationship as an exemption from
any kind of work which his hands found to do. He illus-
trated that a local preacher could, in his place, perform the
functions of a pastor without the slightest obtrusiveness or
infringement of the prerogatives of the one officially in
charge — that there are gleanings in every harvest-field, rich
and remunerative to all "who have a mind to work." He
manifested a zeal and consecration for the prosperity of
392 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
Zion not a whit behind that of the best pastors I have met.
Wherever duty or probable usefulness called, he was to be
found. Who ever knew him, when able, absent from the
house of God, as a devout worshiper, an encouraging, elo-
quent hearer, from the class or prayer-meeting, from the
chamber of sickness, or presence of affliction, what widow
or fatherless one complained of his neglect?
I venture that none along the line of his long journey
through life, will say to him, I was hungry and you fed me
not, I was naked and you clothed me not, sick and in prison
and you visited me not, except when inability prevented.
As nearly as any man I have known, "he did what he could,"
and surely none would have rejoiced more in removing the
last vestige of suffering from the face of the earth. Fre-
quently, at camp and other large religious meetings there
is a surplus of preachers, and occasionally I have met with
those who if not demanded for the pulpit, seem to find
nothing to do — not so with our honored brother. If he
found no "altar work," he could find groups on the grounds
or in the congregation or in the front of the tents, or
isolated individuals, to whom he could commend his Mas-
ter. "Instant in season, out of season, always abounding
in the work of the Lord." Affable, kind, courteous in man-
ner, tasting deeply "of the good word of the Lord and the
powers of the world to come," he consecrated all hisgifts and
graces to "wooing men to heaven and led the way." Such
a life cannot be studied without profit, such an example
cannot be emulated without usefulness.
W. R. Branham.
He died in 1885 at Browns, Ala., and was buried at
Covington, Ga., the sun being in partial eclipse at the time
of the burial service. He was married in 1825 at Asbury
Hulls, Athens, Ga., to Mary Louisa Harvie, (born 1807
and died 1888) (dau. of William Harvie and Judith Cosby,
and Their Descendants. 393
his wife, both from Virginia. He, a private soldier in the
Revolution, and son of John Harvie, Sr., of Scotland
and Martha Gaines, his wife, and she descended from
Charles Cosby and Elizabeth Sydnor, both of Vir-
ginia.)
Their children were :
I. Mary Judith, b. March 1st, 1828, died 1848 at
Columbus, Ga. Unm.
28 II. Joseph Asbury, = Elizabeth Royall Robertson.
(q. v.).
III. Sarah Margaret, b. 1832,d. 1852 in Talbotton, Ga.
IV. William Harvie, b. 1834, d. 1857 in Dallas
county, Ala.; buried in Talbotton.
V. James Alston, b. 1837, d. 1863, unm. He vol-
unteered as a private in the Wilkinson Rifles,
16th Regt. Miss. Volunteers, and was afterwards
appointed Ass't Surgeon P. A. C. S., left at
Gettysburg to attend the sick and wounded Con-
federate soldiers, and died in the faithful dis-
charge of his duties. He was buried at Balti-
more in a private lot in cemetery.
VI. Elizabeth Arnold, b. 1840 at Culloden,Ga., mar-
ried John P. Harris, d. 1886, and is buried at
Covington, Ga.
29 VII. John Henry=Julia Mann Walker, (q. v.).
SO V III. Jasper Banks=Mollie Jordan, (q. v.).
28 Joseph Asbury Groves, M.D., was b. June 5th,
1830; graduated in medicine at Charleston,
S. C, in March, 1854. In 1855 he settled in
Dallas county, Ala. He was commissioned as
Surgeon, P. A. C. S., and served in the Depart-
ment of Tennessee. He now resides at Sel-
ma, Ala. On the 3d of April, 1856, he
married in Dayton, Ala., Elisabeth Royall
394 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
Robertson, dau. of John Royall Robert-
son and Eliza Edmunds Cocke, his wife,
both from Virginia. He descended from the
families of Royall, Dennis, Archer, Eppes, and
she from Ruffin, Murray, Boiling, Yates, Ran-
dolph, Bland. Elisabeth Royall, the wife of
Dr. Groves, is a woman of rare artistic attain-
ments. Her maternal ancestors, also, through
a succession of generations, have been noted
for their social and intellectual endowments.
Their Issue :
1. John Courtenay Groves, b. Aug. 17,
1857; in 1882, he married Evelyn
Vaughan, dau. of Dr. Fred Barbie
Vaughan and Pauline Smith, his
wife. He is now a druggist in Selma,
Ala. They have 1 son, Joseph Court-
enay, b. Fed. 22d, 1883. Dr. F. B.
Vaughan was son of Dr. Sam'l Wat-
kins Vaughan, a grandson of Reuben
Vaughan, captain in the Provincial
army, whose commission was signed by
Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia,
October 29, 1776.
2. Joseph Asbury Groves, b. July 21, 1859,
and died 1894, in Selma, Ala. He
married in 1890, Dhusa Maryman, of
Washington, D. C, who died in 1892.
They left no issue and are buried in the
same grave at Georgetown, D. C.
3. Royall Robertson Groves, b. Sept. 17tb,
1860, and d. Oct. 29th 1881, at Hous-
ton, Texas, and is buried at Selma, Ala.
4. Wm. Harvie Groves d. in Selma, Ala.,
Jan. 26th, 1885.
and Their Descendants. 395-
5. Elisabeth Royall (Bessie) Groves.
6. Mary Louisa Harvie Groves married
Charles H. Hopson, of England, who
is an architect, and resides now at Hali-
fax, Nova Scotia. They have a dau.
Bessie, born in 1895, and another born
1897, named Mary Evelyn.
7. Rev. James Alston Groves.
The above 7 children were all pious Christians.
29 John Henry Groves, b. 1842, at Fort Valley, Ga.;
married Julia Mann Walker, of Savannah,
Ga., where they now live (she is the daughter
of Robert Walker, and her mother was the
dau. of Rev. Reddick Pierce, brother to Rev.
Lovick Pierce, M. E. Church, South.) He
early enlisted in the Confederate service as a
private in Company C, 14th Georgia Regiment,
Thomas' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia,
serving until the surrender. They have one
son, Robert Walker Groves, who is a member
of the Chatham Artillery, of Savannah, Ga.
SO Jasper Banks Groves, b. Oct. 10th, 1845, and has
recently died of smallpox in Mexico. He m.
Mollie Jordan, of Monticello, Ga., who bore
him one daughter, Mary Harvie, now married,
and one son, William Hope Groves, both now
living in Fort Worth, Texas. He enlisted in
1862, as a private in the Fulton Dragoons,
Cavalry Legion, Army of Virginia.
2 If. Rignul Nicholson Groves, b, April 4th, 1806; d.
March 30th, 1874 ; married July 4th, 1837,
Elisabeth Sarah Sanders, b. July 27th, 1816,
396 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
in Charleston, S. C, and d. in 1853, in Talbot
county, Ga. (She was a dau. of Capt. William
and Martha (Ditmar) Sanders, who were in.
Nov. 28th, 1811. Martha was a daughter of
John Ditmar, of Huguenot descent,and Abigail
Holmes, his wife. Capt. William Sanders was
sou of Roger Sanders and grandson of Peter
Sanders, an officer in the Continental army dur-
ing the Revolution, whose name is also recorded
among other voters holding the first municipal
election in Charleston, 1765-6. Gan. J. C. C.
Sanders, of the Confederate army, was a grand-
son of Capt. Win. Sanders. He was pro-
moted on the battlefield for gallantry, and was
in the " blow-up " at Petersburg.) Nine
children, viz.:
81 I. Elisabeth Yancey Arnold=James Yan-
cey Lockhart. Issue, f q. v.)
32 II. Martha Anna = William S. Simpson.
Issue, (q. v.)
III. Rignul Nicholson, Jr., b. Jan. 17th, 1842;
d. Sept. 6th, 1872; unm.
33 IV. Sarah Alston = Massilon Bell. Issue,
(q. v.)
V. Emily Caroline, b. Feb. 16th, 1845;
m. Oct. J6th, 1892, to Win. G Webb,
(s. p.)
3J. VI. Louisa Catherine = Dr. Richard Edwin
Thompson. Issue, (q. v.)
VII. Joseph Nathaniel Joshua, b. Nov. 1st,
1847; d. Aug. 18th, 1862.
VIII. James Alston, b. Aug. 19th, 1849; m.
Joy Foster, of Opelousas, La., and
have one child, Annie Joy Groves.
They now reside in Sebastian, Florida.
and Their Descendants. 397
IX. Charles Peek Groves, b. Jan. 19th, 1852;
unm. He lives in Abbeville county.
Affidavit of James Lockett, made January 1st, 1838, in
Elbert County, Ga.
MAIN FACTS.
Enlisted in Feb. 177G, for two years with Lieut. Wm.
Mosely and 2d Lieut. May ho Carrington ; served
in the 7th Regiment of the Line, under the follow-
ing named officers: Capt. Charles Fleming, Col.
Andrew Lewis, Col. McLenahan, and Col. Dan-
gerfield, and left the service in Feb. 1778, at
Valley Forge, on expiration of term of enlist-
ment. Resided in Cumberland county, Va., at
time of enlistment. Fought in the following
named battles :
Battle of Brandy wine, Sept. 11th, 1777.
Battle of Germantown, Oct. 4th, 1777.
Encamped at Valley Forge with Washington's army,
Dec. 19th, 1777.
Enlisted in 1781, for three months in North Carolina
Militia, in Johnson county, N. C, under Capt.
Hardy, regiment commanded by Col. Bryant;
joined Gen'l. Greene's army at Salisbury, N. C,
fought in the battle of Guilford Court Hou^e,
March, 1781 — British commanded by Lord Corn-
wallis ; fought in the battle of Camden, N. C,
April 25th, 1781 — British commanded by Lord
Rawdon.
Entered service again as substitute for his brother, for
3 months, under Capt. Whitney, regiment com-
manded by Col. Seawell, and fought in battle of
Wilmington, N. C. Date not given.
Entered service again for 3 months. No battle.
398 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
Entered service again for 3 months, in 1782. No
battle.
Entered service again for 3 months, under Capt. John-
son, making in all two years' service in Conti-
nental army, and one year and three mouths in
North Carolina Militia, and serving six months
of that time in Continental army, under General
Greene. Born in Cumberland county, Virginia,
Nov. 30th, 1755 ; moved to Johnson county,
N. C, at expiration of first term of enlistment
in Virginia; removed to Wilkes county, Ga.,
now Elbert, in 1794.
31 Elisabeth Yancey Arnold Groves, b. May 22d,
1839 ; m. Oct, 29th, 1855, to James Yancey
Lockhart, who died June 26th, 1862. Their
son, Rev. John Bunyan Lockhart, b. 1861; d.
1886, uum., at Hayneville, La., where he was
engaged in teaching. He was noted for his
piety and religious zeal. Their daughter, Sarah
Margaret Lockhart, b. Dec. 3d, 1859 ; m.
Aug. 2d, 1877, to Luther Bowman, of Abbe-
ville. Issue :
1. James Yaucey Bowman, b. Sept. 8th,
1878.
2. Mary Catherine, b. Dec. 31st, 1879.
3. Emma Estelle, b. March 3d, 1883.
4. Leila Elisabeth, b. May 23d, 1885.
5. Nellie Latimer, b. June 28th, 1888.
6. William Luther Bowman, b. May 29th,
1891.
7. Edith Ruth, b. Nov. 21st, 1896.
The above James Yancey Lockhart was son of
Joel Lockhart, and grandson of James Lock-
hart, who served as a private in the Continental
and Their Descendants. 399
army, 1776-1781. While in the army on one
occasion, they had to make a retreat, the ground
being covered with snow. Many of the sol-
diers had no shoes and their feet were bleeding
from cold and frost. The army could have
been traced by the blood on the snow. He
died in Abbeville District, South Carolina,
June 12th, 1843. He made application for
pension Jan. 21st, 1833. His wife, Mary Lock-
hart, died Jan. 24th, 1840.
32 Martha Anna Groves, b. Aug. 31st, 1840; d. Sept.
15th, 1857; m. July 2d, 1855, to Wm. S.
Simpson. Their daughter, Martha, m. J. D.
Stonecypher, and has 6 children.
33 Sarah Alston Groves, b. Sept. 12th, 1843; m.
Feb. 22d, 1866, to Massilon Bell. Their
children are :
1. Janie Ward Bell.
2. Mary Elisabeth Bell.
3. Emma Louisa Bell.
4. John James Bell.
5. Willie Massilon Bell.
6. Martha Anna (Mattie) Bell.
34- Louisa Catherine Groves, b. May 9th, 1846 ; m.
Oct. 27th, 1868, to Dr Richard Edwin Thomp-
son. Their children :
1. Jane Norris, b. May 7th, 1870; m. May 8th,
1887, to Alonzo Butler Herron and
have 2 children, viz.: Claudia Thompson
Herron, b. May 27th, 1893, and Edna
Alvine Herron, b. April 1st, 1897.
2. Carrie Elsabeth, b. Dec. 17th, 1871.
400 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
3. Addison Edwin Thompson, b. August 18th,
1874.
4. Wade Hampton Thompson, b. Nov. 18th,
1876.
5. Alston Groves Thompson, b. August 23, 1879.
6. Jessie Lucile, b. Oct. 17th, 1881.
7. Wm. Calhoun Thompson, b. Dec. 16th, 1883.
8. DeWitt Talmage Thompson, b. Sept. 12th,
1886.
9. Paul Francis Thompson, b. Feb. 26th, 1889.
(Dr. Richard Edwin Thompson was the son of Dr. Ad-
dison C. Thompson and Jane Swain Norris, who were m.
in 1840 and had 5 daughters and 4 sons. The parents of
Dr. Addison C. Thompson were Richard Thompson=
Susan, dau. of Ephraim Harris.
Jane Swain Norris was dau. of Ezekiel Norris and Lu-
ceriah Keys, his wife, and he was son of John Norris and
Jane Swain, his wife. Luceriah Keys was dau. of Peter
Keys and Letitia Moore, his wife, who were married in Ire-
land.
Richard Thompson was one of 9 brothers who came to
South Carolina from Pennsylvania during the Revolu-
tionary war. When a little boy, plowing, the Tories
wanted to take his horse. He mounted it to save it, and
when they took him off they whipped him almost to death.
He carried the scars to his grave. His father, John
Thompson, on old man, refused to take the oath of allegi-
ance to the British government and was kept in prison
until his death.)
25 Sarah Joseph Groves married Wm. T. Hackett,
son of Robert and Drucilla (Taylor) Hackett,
of Clarksville, Ga. Issue:
I. Mattie Nelson Hackett, unm.
and Their Descendants. 401
II. Drucilla, ra. 1st, Ira F. Nesbit.
2d, Dr. Moses Richardson, s. p.
They reside at Norcross, Ga.
III. Sarah Alston Hackett, b. 1851, at
Clarksville, Ga. ; m. in 1876 to William
H. Dooly, son of Thomas J. Dooly.
Their children are :
1. Oscar Earle Dooly, b. 1878; in. in
1898, to Ada Belle Lummus, and
lives at Talbotton, Ga. Have one
son, Oscar Earle Dooly, Jr.
2. Sarah Alston Dooly, b. 1882 ; unm.
Thomas J. Dooly enlisted early in the War 1861-5
and served faithfully until the close; was in
nearly all of the principal battles in Virginia.
During his 4 years' service, he never received
even a wound, nor did he have a furlough. His
two little sons remained at home with their
mother and took care of her during his absence.
<26 Frances Emma Groves =Thom as Wilding Gantt
(the oldest son of Col. Thomas John Gantt,
of Charleston, S. C, (by his 1st wife, Miss Fell)
and he was the oldest sou of Judge Richard Gantt,
of South Carolina.) Their children :
I. Dr. Richard Groves Gantt, b. in Green-
ville^. C, Dec. 12th, 1837, and died in
Haynesville, La., Oct. 23d, 1894. He
served as a private in a South Carolina
regiment during the Confederate war, and
after the war removed to Kosciusko, Miss.,
and thence to Louisiana. He married
Martha Groves Sales, of Antioch,
Troup county, Ga.; b. April 7th, 1842.
They had 5 children.
26 al
402 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
1. Dr. Halbert Alston Gantt, b. in
Kosciusko, Miss., Nov. 10th, 1869,
and resides at Hayneville, La.
2. Emma Neva, b. in Kosciusko, Miss.,
July 14th, 1873, and m. J. L.
Nix, of Buckner, Ark.
3. Richard Groves Gantt, b. April
11th, 1876, in Kosciusko, Miss.
4. Martha Helen, born July loth,
1878, at Kosciusko, Miss. ; m.
Charles Harold Beardsley, of Gibbs
Landing, La., and has one son.
5. Drayton Fletcher Gantt, b. Jan'y
21st, 1881, at Haynesville, La.
(The grandparents of Martha Groves (Sales) Gantt
were John Groves, of Prince George county, Md., and his
second wife, Letitia Winn. They had an only child, Eliza
Groves, who married Mr. Sales, of Lincoln county, Ga.,
and were parents of Martha Groves Sales. John Groves
by his 1st wife, Miss Ball, had 2 sons, viz. : John and Syl-
vanus. John died of yellow fever in Savannah, Ga., and
was editor of the Savannah Gazette. Sylvanus was a mer-
chant in Augusta, Ga., and died there. They were both
Christian men, honored and respected in the communities
in which they lived.)
II. Sarah Josephine, b. in Abbeville, S. C,
and d. iu Elbert county, Ga. ; m. — Kidg-
way; left no issue.
III. Elisabeth Yancey, b. in Abbeville, S. C:
m. Lewellyn Blackwell. She has
been engaged in editorial work and now
lives in Elbertou, Ga., and has one child,
and Their Descendants. 403
Lizzie Arnold, who m. Thomas Toombs
Hodges, and have 1 dau., Sarah Braunou.
IV. Thomas Laurens Gantt, b. in Abbeville,
S. C. ; m. Anna Johnson ; resides at
Spartanburg, S. C, and is editor of the
Piedmont Headlight. Their children are :
1. Jesse Thomas Gantt, m. Addrene
Brown.
2. Robert Joseph Gantt. 3. Yancey
Laurens Gantt.
4. Mark Willingham Gantt. 5. Helen
Louisa Gantt.
John Alston=lst wife, Charity Tate ; 6 children —
(= 2d wife, Miss McGinty ; 1 daughter.)
viz.:
35 I. James Asbury — Rebecca Jane
Norwood; issue (q. v.).
36 II. Joseph Edwin — Bethel Harvey ;
issue (q. v.).
37 III. Nathaniel Charles = Catherine
Jordan; issue {q. v.).
38 IV. John Theodore = Emma Cobb ;
issue (q. v.).
V. William Samuel, d. s. p.
VI. Rebecca Caroline married Dr.
Ryalls. They lived in Mis-
sissippi, and had one son, who
died unmarried.
39 VII. Susan Eans == Alpheus M. Chad-
wick ; issue (q. v.).
35 James Asbury Alston, born in Elbert county, Ga., in
1818 and died in Monroe county, 1856; was in
Creek war in Captain Flewellyn's company, and re-
404 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
ceived injuries from which he afterwards died. The
extract from his obituary will serve to illustrate his
character. He married in 1840, Rebecca Jane,
dau. of Caleb and Jane (Manson) Norwood, who
bore him 5 children, and is still living.
Children of Caleb Norwood=Jane Manson :
William Anderson Norwood, Culloden, Ga.
Polly Ann Echols, Columbus, Neb.
Oscar Alexander Norwood, Navasota, Tex.
Rebecca Jane Alston, Barbour county, Ala.
Thomas Manson Norwood (ex-U. S. senator),
Savannah, Ga.
Elisabeth Askins, Culloden, Ga.
u Died on the 9th of June, near Culloden, James A.
Alston, aged 38 years and 6 months. The M. E. Church
has sustained a serious loss in the removal of our deceased
brother. He was emphatically a strong member, and this
was manifested in his uniform meekness, his proverbial
humility and in his daily endeavors to exemplify in a cor-
responding course of action the blessed doctrines and prin-
ciples of Bible Methodism. He loved our Church and was
always ready when called upon to furnish pecuniary aid
up to the measure of his ability. His charity descended
in liberal relief upon the objects of distress whenever he
found them."
Their children were :
I. Mary Jane Alston, born 1840 = Benj. F.
Jordan, of Culloden. She died 1874. They
had 4 children, viz.:
1. Lida Garland=Griffin Dauhtrie, of
Butts county. They reside at Macon,
Ga., and have 3 children :
1. J. G. Daughtrie. 2. Kathleen.
3. Nell.
and Their Descendants. 405
2. James Mathew Jordan, unni., lives iu
British Columbia.
3. Jennie Roberson = Judge Jas. A. An-
derson, city attorney, Atlanta, Ga. ;
have 1 son, b. Oct., 1899, John Alston
Anderson.
4. Penelope = Walter Bailey, of Monroe
county, and have one daughter, Jennie
Garland Bailey. They reside at Pu-
eblo, Colorado.
II. Joseph Alexander Alston, b. 1842 — Ida
Smith, of Columbus, Ga. He enlisted in the
Confederate army, in company B, 2d Georgia
battalion, at the beginning of the war and
served throughout, being with Gen. Lee at the
surrender, and was wounded in the face and
arm. He was accidentally killed in Eufaula
in Nov., 1887. They had 1 son, John Aber-
crombie Alston, who died in Columbus, Ga.,
in 1883.
III. James Merriman Alston, b. Jan. 13th, 1844
was in company B, 2d Georgia battalion, witli
his brother, from March, 1862, until April
9th, 1865. On Feb'y 3d, 1876, he married
Mary Eugenia Turman, of Midway, Ala.
She was the dau. of James M. Turman —
Martha Pruett. Their children are :
1. James Warwick, b. Jan. 31st, 1877; d.
March 23d, 1890.
2. Edward Turman, b. Nov. 6th, 1879.
3. Mattie Urline, b. Aug. 24th, 1882.
4. Eugenia Norwood, b. June 8th, 1886.
5. William Henry, b. Sept. 30th, 1889.
6. Annie Alma, b. May 2d, 1893.
7. Joseph John, b. Aug. 31st, 1896, and d.
Sept. 11th, 1899.
406 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
IV. John Mansox Alston, b. 1848; d. 1899. Was
in the Georgia State Militia at the winding up of
the war. Married Willie B. Briggs, daughter
Rev. A. J. Briggs, of the Alabama Conference
M. E. Church, South, and Martha Brewer his
wife. She died 1897. Issue :
1. Daisy McFarland.
2. Willie Bennett.
3. Jane Norwood.
4. Martha Brewer.]
5. John Manson.
V. William Augustus Alston, b. 1852 ; married
Florence Hudson, who died in Sumter
county, Ga., leaving issue :
1. Robert Norwood Alston. Enlisted in Com-
pany G, 2d Alabama Regiment, Spanish
War, and died at Miami of fever.
2. Mary Jane, and
3. Martha Hudson.
He afterwards mairied Lula Plowder, a cousin to
his first wife, who bore:
4. Fannie Florence.
5. William Augustus.
6. John Manson.
7 Edwin James.
8. Ina, and
9. Eunice Alston.
They reside at Hawkinss-ille, Barbour county, Ala.
36 Joseph Edwin Alston, b. 1820; died 1892; mar-
ried Bethel Harvey. Issue :
1. John Alston, married Oxford, and
have issue.
and Their Descendants. 407
2. William Alston, M.D., died in Texas.
s. p.
3. Mattie, m. Martin Witt, and have issue.
4. Bethel Harvey.
Dr. Nathaniel Charles Alston, b. 1822 ; m. 1840,
to Catherine Jordan, of Gainesville, Ga.
She died leaving 3 children, viz. :
1. Geraldine.
2. Warren Jordan.
3. Dr. Nathaniel Charles, Jr.
He settled at Enon, Ala., and afterwards removed to
Richland, Ga., where they both died.
2d wife — Wilson, s. p.
Of his issue
I. Geraldine— John Snellings, and had
issue, 1 son and 2 daughters.
II. Warren Jordan Alston=t Lizzie Rus-
sell, of Stevenson, Ala., and died at
Arkadelphia, Ark., in 1875, leaving 3
children, viz. :
1. Russell.
2. Charlie, and
3. Katie.
They now reside at Bridgeport, Ala.
III. Dr. Nathaniel Charles Alston, Jr.,
b. 1755. Married twice. By first
wife, issue :
1. Grover Cleveland, b. 1874.
By 2d wife, Bertha Clegg, of Colum-
bus, Ga. Issue :
2. Blanche, b. 1891.
408 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
3. Catherine, b. 1893.
4. Nathaniel Charles, b. 1896.
They reside at Richland, Stewart county, Ga.
88 Dr. John Theodore Alston, b. 1824 ; m. Emma
Cobb. Issue :
T. John T. Alston.
II. Joseph.
III. William A.
IV. Robert L.
V. Edgar L.
VI. Charles.
VII. Ella = Bush.
VIII. Irene = Montgomery.
IX. Emma.
They reside in Webster county, Ga.
39 Susan Eanes Alston, was the daughter of John
Alston by his second wife, Miss McGinty.
She married Alpheus M. Chadwick, and
lives at Kenton, Tenn. They have five
children, viz. :
1. Joseph Alpheus.
2. Frank Lee.
3. Charles Jesse.
4. James Alston. 1 T .
5. Mattie Alice. / 1Wins -
7 John Oliver Glover married Elisabeth Yancey
Alston in Marengo county, Ala., Wednes-
day, Sept. 6, 1815. Mr. Glover died there,
Oct. 18, 1843. Mrs. Glover died in Holmes
county, Miss., May 8, 1851. Children who
lived to maturity :
and Their Descendants. 409
I. Mary married Dr. Hobson, of Greens-
boro, Ala. I think moved to Mississippi,
from there to Hot Springs, Ark., where
they both died, leaving several children,
of whose fate I am ignorant, except one,
Dr. John Hobson, who at his death was
a very prominent physician of Hot
Springs. He left one daughter, Mary,
who I presume is still there, think
married, however. Mrs. Hobson was
considered one of the most beautiful
women in three States, and was so up
to her death.
II. Gilly married twice, first Mr. Jackson,
a planter ; died early ; no children.
Second time, Capt. Floyd, of Monroe,
La., who died during the Confederate
War, his wife having died a few years
before. He left two children, Rosa,
married Mr. Dinkgrave, of Monroe,
La., both dead; leaving three children,
Ethel, and two boys, just grown. Floyd
is the elder; they live in St. Louis, Mo.
Aunt Gilly's second daughter, Willie,
has never married, she lives at Stone-
wall, Miss., one of the queenliest look-
ing women I ever knew.
III. Carrie Olivia, born April 27, 1827, in
Marengo county, Ala.; married A. M.
West, in Marengo county, Ala., August
7, 1845, T. C. Lowery, being the min-
ister. General A. M. West was from
Perry county, Ala. He moved to
Mississippi and located in Holmes
county ; after the war between the
410 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
States be moved to Oxford, Miss.; in
1870 he moved to Holly Springs, Miss.,
where he died in 1893, three years after
his wife. His life was full of useful-
ness and activity, three times member
of the Mississippi Legislature ; nomin-
ated for governor twice; elected to the
United States Senate, but was refused
his seat by carpet-baggers, it being dur-
ing the Reconstruction period ; organ-
ized the first regiment in this State for
war in 1860, in which he was Adjutant-
General, then Commissary-General; was
President of the Illinois Central Rail-
road for a number of years, resigned
because he thought his State needed him
in other work ; was nominated for Vice-
President on the Greenback ticket in
1875. He was a very staunch Whig,
although he was one of the electors
in the Tilden campaign, and it was
largely due to his influence that the
State went Democratic. He wouldn't
accept a single office from that party,
saying always, " I'm no Democrat." He
amassed quite a large fortune, but poor
investments left him at death a poor
man. The old family homestead at
Holly Springs, still in the family, is
one of the handsomest in the State.
His wife was a most brilliant woman,
and was reeognized as such by all who
knew her. The children are as fol-
lows:
Alston Madden West, born March 5th,
and Their Descendants. 411
1849, in Holmes county, at West-Home ;
graduated at University of Mississippi
with honors, member of Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity ; from there he went to
the University of Virginia, where he again
finished with honors; he then attended
the University of Pennsylvania, finishing
in medicine, and also carrying oft' the
honors ; is now a practicing physician in
Memphis, Tenn., address 110 St. Paul
street, Memphis, Tenn. Married the
daughter of Judge Jere Clapp, of Memphis,
who was a member of the Confederate
Congress, and since the war has been
prominent in legal circles. Dr. West's
wife's maiden name was Eva Walton
Clapp, married Dec. 5, 1877. Have 3
children, viz. :
1. Evelyn Lucas, just grown.
2. Alston Madden, who bids fair to
be a successful writer.
3. Jere Clapp, yet a school boy.
2. Celia Olivia West, married Capt. Wil-
liam Thaddeus McCarty, in Oxford,
Miss., Oct. 22, 1867 ; moved to Kansas
where they still reside. Mr. McCarty is a
lawyer, served through the war on Gen-
Lee's staff; is a Virginian, born at Rich-
mond. The children are as follows :
1. Mason West McCarty, b. at Oxford,
Miss., in 1868, now in Emporia,
Kan. A merchant.
2. William Cecil, b. at Emporia, Kan.,
in 1870. Still there. A dentist.
412 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
3. Brooks, b. at Emporia, Kau., io>
Jan. 1872.
4. Carrie Hannah, b. at Emporia, Kan.,.
in March, 1876.
5. Eva Clapp, b. at Emporia, Kau.,
in May, 1878.
6. Wert, b. at Emporia, Kan., in
Sept., 1880.
7. Keith, b. at Emporia, Kan., in
Oct., 1882.
8. Fay, b. at Emporia, Kan., in Sept.,
1884.
9. Alston, b. at Emporia, Kau., in
June, 1886.
All reside in Emporia, Kansas.
3. Frederick Edgar West, born in Holmes
county, Miss., at West-Home, Nov. 1850;
married Rosa Donnelly Leflore, at
Grenada, Miss., 1880. His wife is de-
scended from Count Louis DeLefleur,
who led the French in the French and
Indian war ; fell in love with an Indian
princess of the Choctaw tribe, married
her, and afterwards became chief himself.
At his death, Greenwood Lefleur, his sou,
became chief (Mrs. West's grandfather).
His controversy with President Jackson
over the Indian reservation has become
historical. His home, Malmaison, is one
of the historical landmarks of Mississippi.
It stands as in ante-bellum days, undis-
turbed by war; he was not a citizen of the
United States, so he was undisturbed by
either side. Col. Jack Leflore (her father)
not caring to move to the Indian Territory
and Their Descendants. 413
became a citizen of the United States, and
died a few years ago on bis plantation,
" Ivors," adjoining bis father's. Mr.
West is a graduate of the University of
Mississippi, D. K. E. fraternity, winner
of first medal in oratory, anniversarian,
twice member of State Senate. He is con-
sidered one of the most scientific planters
in the State. He has five children, as
follows :
1. Fannie Newman, born in Holly
Springs, March, 1881.
2 . Louie Leflore, born in Holly Springs,
October, 1883.
3. Carrie Glover, born April, 1887, in
Durant, Miss.
4. Frederick Edgar, born March, 1892,
in Durant, Miss.
5. Kosa Leflore, born July, 1897, in
Durant, Miss.
Their present address is Durant, Holmes county,
Mississippi.
4. Benjamin Glover West, born in Holmes
county, Miss., at West-Home, Nov., 1855 ;
married Mary Brodie Crump, at Holly
Springs, 1882. Mrs. West's father was
Major Brodie Strachan Crump, born in
Spottsylvania county, Va., 1833; moved
to Mississippi, and was educated at the
University of Mississippi, member of
D. K. E. fraternity, studied civil engineer-
ing, but the Confederate War broke out,
and he went to the front ; at the close
was a major on Chalmer's staff. He then
became a merchant and banker in Holly
414 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
Springs, dying there in 1878 of yellow
fever, a victim to loyalty to friends. He
was descended from the Hulls, Maurys
and Herndons of Virginia. Mr. West
was educated at the Kentucky Military
Institute ; has been a prominent Populist
and president of several farmers' alliances ;
ran for Congress last year, and is now a
broker in Memphis. His address is 10£
Polk St., Memphis, Tenn. Has 5 children :
1. Sidney Yancey, born July, 1885, in
Holmes county, at Greylands.
2. Benjamin Glover, born April, 1888,
in Holmes county, at Greylands.
3. Mary Brodie, born April, 1893, at
Memphis.
4. Martha Alston, born April 28th,.
1896, at Memphis.
5. Louise Kenner, born April, 1899 r
at Memphis.
5. Carrie Minerva West, born at West-
Home in Holmes county, 1858 ; married
Lemuel Augustus Smith, at Holly
Springs, Miss., November 1877. Mr.
Smith died the next year in the epidemic
of yellow fever. He was a druggist, and
felt it his duty to remain. Mr. Smith was
a member of a prominent Tennessee
family, his father a planter and commission
merchant of Memphis, his uncle Chief
Justice of Tennessee, Nicholas Smith.
Mr. Smith himself was only twenty-two
at his death. Mrs. Smith graduated at
the M. C. I. of Tennessee, as valedictorian;,
she has been State Superintendent of the
and Their Descendants. 415
Flower Mission Department of the W.
C. T. XL; for years had charge of the
Children's Department of the Christian
Advocate, Memphis; has been connected
as teacher with some of the most promi-
nent schools of the State, is now teacher
of English in Woman's College, Oxford,
Miss. She has one child.
Lemuel Augustus West Smith, born
in Holly Springs, Nov. 19, 1878 ;
graduated at University of Missis-
sippi, B.A., D. K. E. fraternity ;
U. M. A. A.; licentiate instructor in
Latin and Greek; associate editor
Record; associate editor of OleMis*;
tutor in French at University of
Mississippi; and is now studying
law.
(3. Charles Floyd West, born at West-
Home, in Duraut, Holmes county, Miss.,
1859; married Laurea Carson, at Durant,
3 894. Mrs. West's father graduated from
the University of Mississippi with honors,
was a member of S. A. E. fraternity, died
in Holmes county, in 1897. Mr West is
a planter, the most beloved of the chil-
dren—friends in all classes. They have
two children.
1. Sidney Yaucey, born June, 1895, at
Durant, Miss.
2. Floyd Elizabeth, born 1897, at Du-
rant, Miss.
7. Sidney Yancey West, born Sept., 1863 ;
died early, just twenty-three; was en-
gaged to L. Q, C. Lamar's youngest
416 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
daughter. He was the most talented
member of the family, making the highest
grade ever made in the university up to
that time; was a D. K. E., and a born
orator.
IV. Elizabeth John Hannah Glover married W. L.
Byrd, in Holmes county, October, 1849. Mr.
Byrd was a merchant ; died just before the war, in
1860, leaving two children, viz.:
1. Grace, born February, 1854 ; married Capt.
Stafford, proprietor of Stafford's Well ; her
address is Stafford's Mineral Springs, Voss-
burge, Miss., via Meridian.
2. Jessie, born February 9, 1858, at Goodman,
Miss. ; married E. A. Hamblin, 1878. He
was a lawyer and died a few years ago, leav-
ing three children, namely:
1. Nellie Byrd, married Dr. J. L. Har-
bour, 1899; born Nov. 19, 1879.
2. Emma Elizabeth, born February 22d,
1882.
3. Mary Grace, born March, 1886. Their
address is Vossburg, Miss.
Y. Sarah Alston Glover, b. Oct. 8th, 1836, in Marengo
county, Ala.; married Oct., 1856, in Holmes county,
Miss., to Major Joseph Mofield Roberts, b. April
24th, 1819, in Hancock county, Ga. Major Roberts
fought in the Seminole war; and in the Confederate
war served as captain of Commissary Department in
Lowery's Mississippi regiment. His widow survives
him, and lives at Biloxi. They had 4 children, viz.:
4.3 (1) Pauline Glover, b. May 20th, 1865 = R. L.
Prophit, Monroe, La. ; issue (q. v.).
U (*2) Patrick Heury, b. May 10th, 1867 = Maggie
Champlin, Biloxi, Miss.; issue (q. v.).
and Their Descendants. 417
4.5 (3) Pearl, b. July 16th, 1869= Lyman Bradford;
issue (q. v.).
(4) Daisy, b. Sept. 18th, 1877; unm.
43 R. L. Prophit = Pauline Glover Roberts ; issue 6
children, viz. :
1. Ella. 2. Robert. 3. Evelyn.
4. Pauline. 5. Alston. 6. Lucile.
Mr. Prophit is secretary of Monroe Building and Loan
Association.
4.4. Patrick Henry Roberts = Maggie Champlin ; 4
children, viz. :
1. Harry. 2. Percy. 3. Joseph. 4. Effie.
P. H. Roberts is a traveling salesman, and his home is
in Indianapolis.
I/.5 L. Bradford=Pearl Roberts; have 3 boys, viz.:
1. Lyman. 2. Floyd. 3. Paul.
They live in Biloxi, Miss.
The above notes of the family descent of Elisabeth
Alston and John O. Glover were furnished principally by
Lemuel Augustus West Smith.
3 Sarah Alston married, 1st, Thomas Dudley; issue
(q. v.). 2d, William Cain ; issue (q. v.).
Sir Thomas Dudley came from England to America
about the beginning of hostilities that culminated in the
Revolution, first landing in Virginia, and from thence
went to North Carolina where he married and enlisted in
the cause of the Colonists.
The following is copied from "Heitman's Historical Reg-
ister " of officers of the Continental army, 1775-1783 :
" Thomas Dudley, musician 6th North Carolina in 1776.
27 al
418 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
Ensign 10th N. C, 1778; lieutenant 20th June, 1779;
wounded at Eutaw Springs 8th Sept., 1781 ; retired 1st
January, 1783." The regiment was commanded by Col.
Abraham Shepherd 17th April, 1777. It is not known
when he died, but family tradition states that he was
drowned in attempting to cross a river with his command.
For services rendered by him a land-warrant was issued
to his assignee or executor, Amos Johnson, Esq.
He was very decided in his hostility to English rule,
and his estates in England were accordingly confiscated.
His wife Sarah bore him one son and three daughters, viz.:
1. John Alston Dudley, who married Mary, daugh-
ter of Cornelius and Elisabeth (Pickett) Robinson,
and had issue (q. v.).
2. One dau. married Collier. ") r . L ,, ,,
o r\ i • j t (Of these there is no
3. One dau. married .Lewis. > r ,i ■,
a r\ j •• i A ,r I iarther record.
4. One dau. married Moore. )
The following account of the Robinson family will be
of interest to many : Cornelius Robinson, a man of
wealth in Anson county, North Caroliua, married Elisa-
beth, daughter of James Pickett, Sr. In 1797 ^he devised
land to James Kimbrough, son of John Kimbrough.
William Pickett, of Anson, was delegate to the Provisional
Congress at Hillboro, 20th Aug. 1775; was captain in 1st
regiment of North Carolina Continentals, commanded by
James Moore ; was also member of House of Commons,
1777. There was a James Pickett, sheriff of Anson
county prior to 1795, and member of the Legislature
1791-4-5; and there was a James Pickett, Jr. In 1795
James Pickett conveyed property to Joseph, Martin and
Wm. R., sons, and to Frankey Hanes Pickett, daughter.
In Sept. 5th, 1796, James Pickett devised negroes to
brothers Marmaduke, John, Nathaniel, and James Kim-
brough, also to Ann Kimbrough. After this the name of
and Their Descendants. 419
James Pickett disappears from the county records. Joseph
Pickett died April, 1825. Martin Pickett died Oct., 1834.
Flora Pickett died April, 1835. William R. Pickett be-
came sheriff, and in 1818 removed to Alabama and settled
in Autauga county. His son Albert James, born 1810, was
the historian of Alabama, and married Mary Harris,
granddaughter of Col. Philip Alston, of Moore county.
Note. — Of Wm. Raiford's sisters, one m. Robinson,
one m. Pickett, one m. Terry, and one m. DeJarnette.
Cornelius and Elizabeth (Pickett) Robinson both
died in North Carolina and had issue, viz. :
1 (1) Todd Robinson=Miss Terry and came from
North Carolina to Alabama with his cousin, Col-
onel Wm. R. Pickett and had issue, (q. v.).
2 (2) Mary Robinson=John Alston Dudley and re-
moved from North Carolina to Greensboro,
Ala., and afterwards to Lowndesboro, where
they both died. Issue (q. v.).
1 Todd Robinson= Terry ; 6 ch. viz. :
(1) Major William Robinson =Eliza Ware,
sister to Dr. Ware and had one son and one
dau. viz. :
Mary Robinson who m. Capt. Brown,
(Lowndesboro, Ala).
Eli Robinson married and has children, and
lives at Lowndesboro.
He is considered very wealthy.
(2) Gen. Cornelius Robinson = and had 4
children, viz.:
1. Byron Robinson =Cora Wyatt, s. p.
2. John Robinson.
3. Eli Robinson.
4. Fanny, married.
420 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
(3) Capt. Eli Terry Robinson =his cousin Mary
Alston Dudley; 5 ch., (q. v.).
(4) Todd Robinson, Jr.=Mary Crittenden, of
Kentucky, neice of Geu. Crittenden and
had
1. Todd. 2. Robert.
3. Martha Ann=Geu. Fair, Minister to
Belgium.
(5) Hannah Robinson =Colonel Caldwell.
Their son, Todd R. Caldwell was Governor
of North Carolina 1871-1874, and married
Mary Ruffin Cain, (q. v.).
(6) Ann Robixson=Col. William Wyatt,
whose son Todd Wyatt, married his cousin,
Sallie Dudley, (q. v.).
# John Alston Dudley=Mary Robinson, 7 ch. viz.:
(1) Eliza LiLLiNGTON=lst McKenzie in North
Carolina and had one dau., Cornelia, who
m. Col. Robert Wyatt, of Lowndesboro.
2d husbaud, Wilson, had one son,
Alexander Wilson, now living in Bulloch
county, Ala.
(2) Guilford Dudley, died aged 16.
~3~ (3) Mary Alston=Capt. Eli Terry Robinson, is-
sue (q. v.).
If. J^ (4) Martha Robinson — James Napier Torrence,
issue {q. v.).
(5) Amanda=Winter Gordon and had 3 ch.
viz. : 1. Edgar. 2. Winter. 3. Ida.
(6) SALLY=her consin, Todd Wyatt and had 2
ch. viz. : Fair Wyatt, and Percy Wyatt,
who was cashier of the Western Railroad at
Montgomery for 12 or 15 years.
and Their Descendants. 421
(7) Cornelia Dudley; unm. and lives at Mont-
gomery.
S Captain Eli Terry Robinson=Mary Dudley,
5 ch. viz. :
(1) Dr. Dudley Robinson =Addie Verdee, s. p.
Robinson Springs, Ala.
(2) Charles Cornelius Robinson— Lizzie Wilson,
s. p.
(3) Mary Robinson=James Allen, and have
a son, Clem Allen, now in Birmingham.
(4) Eli Robinson, Jr., died aged 19 years.
(5) Kate Robinson=Captain Thomas Gate-
wood Williamson, of Virginia, in Gen.
Lane's Brigade, C. S. A., (and son of Ga-
briel Gait Williamson, Captain in U. S.
Navy, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Gate-
wood, and gr. son of Thomas Williamson,
cashier of the Bank of Virginia, at Norfolk
42 years and his wife Elizabeth Gait. 4
sons viz. :
1. John Gait Williamson was Sergeant
Co. A. 2d Ala. Volunteers in Spanish-
American war.
2. Dudley C. Williamson was Sergeant
Co. A, 2d Ala. Volunteers in Spanish-
American war and is now Captain of
the Montgomery Greys.
3. Thomas Gatewood Williamson.
4. Gabriel Alston Williamson.
4 James Napier Torrence (was the son of Samuel
Torrence, of Georgia, and wife Mary Scott, of
North Carolina, and gr. son of John Torrence) =
Martha Robinson Dudley, issue viz. :
422 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
(1) William H. Torrence= Susan Henderson,
issue (q. v.).
(2) James Napier Torrence, Jr., of Florida, no
record.
(3) Victoria Alston=Frank W. Broward, of
Florida, issue (q. v.).
(4) John Earl Torrence, of Atlanta, Ga.,
born January 14, 1853, in Lowndes Co., Ala.;
married October 18, 1881, to Kate Winter
Clayton (dau. of Hon. William WirtClay-
ton=Caroline Maria Semmes, son of Judge
Augustin Smith Clayton= Julia Carnes, son of
Major Philip Clay ton= Mildred Dixon, son of
Samuel Clayton, Jr.,=Ann Coleman, son of
Philip Clayton=Ann Coleman), and have
three living children, viz. :
I. William Wirt Clayton Torrence, b. June
7, 1884.
II. John Earl Torrence, Jr., b. Jan'y 27,
1888.
III. Paul Semmes Torrence, b. May 25, 1891.
William H. Torrence^ Susan Henderson, issue
5 ch.
I. Sherwood Torrence = issue
Emma & Esther.
II. Arthur Alston Torrence, unm.
III. Roland Torrence, =
IV. Birdie Torrence =
V. Charlie Torrence, unm.
Frank Broward = Victoria Alston Torrence, is-
sue 5 ch.
I. Maud Dudley Torrence =
II. Airee Torrence =
III. A daughter.
and Their Descendants. 423
IV. Frank Broward, Jr.
V. Ada Broward.
The records of James Napier Torrence were furnished
by Mr. W. C. Torrence.
Sarah (Alston) Dudley's 2d husband, Wm. Cain,*
was born in Baltimore and of Irish descent.
He was a wealthy merchant in Orange county ;
was elected to House of Commons in 1785,
and to State Senate in 1794-5-6 and 1802.
He was very public-spirited, and had much
energy of character. Their children were as
follows :
40 I. William Cain Jr.=Mary Ruffin. 9 chil-
dren, (g. v.)
4-1 II. Charity = Willie Person Mangum. 4
children, (q. v.)
III. Mary (Polly) =lst Sutherland, and
had 1 son, William Sutherland, who
died at maturity. She married 2d,
Dr. White, s. p.
■4.® IV. Ann Linington = Edward Davis. 10 ch.
(q. v.)
V. James Alston Cain, d. unm.
VI. Sarah Cain.
VII. Martha Cain, d. unm.
4-0 Stirling Ruffln==Alice Boane. Removed from
Virginia to North Carolina. Among their chil-
dren were :
* Note.— Win. Gain, Sr. Will probated May 2d, 1734. Wife Elisa-
beth. Sons — Hardy, Wm. James. Daughters — Patience, Unis,
Sarah, Rachel.
424 James and Caristian (Lillington) Alston
Thomas Ruffin, Chief Justice of Nortb
Carolina, and Mary Ruffin, who mar-
ried William Cain, Jr. Their children
were :
I. Minerva Ruffin Cain=Todd R.
Caldwell, afterwards Governor
of North Carolina.
II. William Cain, M.D.,=Sarah r i\
Bailey, dauughter of Judge John
L. Bailey.
III. Martha Ann Cain=Dr Pride
Jones, of Hillsboro ; b. Dec. 25th,
1823.
IV. Stirling Ruffin Cain, died on at-
taining maturity.
V. Mary Clack Cain, b. Feb. 12th,
1827=Judge Thomas Ruffin,.
the younger son of Chief Justice
Ruffin. At one time Judge of the
Superior, afterwards of the Su-
preme Court ; served through-
out the Confederate War, first as
private, then colonel. His health
failing, he was appointed military
judge. He was in the last engage-
ment that took place between the
Confederate and Union soldiers.
VI. James Frederick Cain, M.D.=Ju-
lia Tate, daughter of Dr. Samuel
Tate, of Morganton, N. C.
VII. Thomas Ruffin Cain, d. in 1883.
VIII. Sarah Margaret, \ Both died
IX. Sallie Magdalen, J infancy.
and Their Descendants. 425
4.1 Charity Cain= Willie Person Mangum, born in
Orange county,, in 1792; graduated at Uni-
versity in 1815; member of House of Com-
mons in 1818; elected Judge of Superior Court
of Law and Equity in 1819; Representative in
Congress 1823-1826, when he was again ap-
pointed Judge of the Superior Court ; Senator
in Congress 1831-1837 and from 1841-1848.
In 1837, he received 7 electoral votes (South
Carolina) for President of the United States,
and on the accession of Mr. Tyler to the
Presidency, was elected President of the Sen-
ate. Their children were :
1 Pattie Mane-nm 1 StiH living at the
1. X at Lie xViaii $1 II III , 1 1 » « j •
7 I old Mangum seat in
2. Mary Mangum, f Orange, now Durham
J J county, J\. C.
3. Sallie Mangum, m. Col. Martin W. Leach,
of Randolph county, N. C. Their 2d
daughter, Sallie, m. Stephen B. Weeks,
and have one son, Willie Person Man-
gum Weeks.
4. William Preston Mangum, killed at the
-f^Vvr battle of Manassas.
If.2 Ann Lillington Cain, born March 17th, 1797, died
Nov. 7th, 1877, in Oakland, California. =Ed-
ward Davis, of Mecklenburg county, Va.
The following sketch of his family is given:
Dr. James Paine, an Englishman, educated in Lon-
don as a physician, landed in New England
about 1699 ; stayed there a short time, and
finally settled in Person county, N. C. He
was a man of affairs, and erected the first brick
426 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston
house in Person county. Among his children
were :
1. Dr. Robert Paine.
2. John Paine.
Dr. Robert Paine=Elisabeth Miller in 1772. He
commanded a company in the Revolution ; was
elected to the Legislature; died in 1808.
His son, James Paine, born March 18th,
1776 ; married Nancy A. Williams,
Jan. 7th, 1799; served as Clerk of
Court ; Judge of County Court ; re-
moved to Tennessee, 1814.
Robert Paine, son of James and Nancy
Paine, was born in Person county,
N. C, Nov. 12th, 1799; removed to
Tennessee, and became a Bishop of
the M. E. Church, South. He died
Oct. 19th, 1882.
John Paine, sou of Dr. James Paine, married Susannah
(maiden name unknown). Was appointed
1st. Major in 1776, for Orange county, N. C; he
was also elected member of the Constitutional
Convention that assembled at Halifax, Nov.
12th, 1776, at which, however, he failed to take
his seat ; he was a member of the House of
Commons for Person county in 1808.
Mary Paine, dau. of John Paine = Susannah ;
born January 13th, 1772 ; married Thomas
Miller May 12th, 1791. (Thomas Miller
died July 2d, 1792). She afterwards married
Edward Davis June 11th, 1795, who was
born Dec. 11th, 1747, and died Aug. 8th,
1799. His father also was Edward Davis and
his mother Lucy (maiden name unknown).
and Their Descendants. 427
Edward Davis = Mary Miller nee Paine, left one
son, Edward Davis, Jr.; born in Mecklen-
burg, Va., Dec. 3d, 1776 ; married Ann Lin-
ington Cain April 27th, 1815. Moved to
Orange county, N. C; thence to Madison
county, Tenn., in 1834; thence to LaGrange,
Tenn.; thence, in 1841, to Panola, Miss. In
1849 he emigrated to California and settled
at Oakland, where he died. Their children
were :
I. Dr. Jas. Paine Miller Davis, born
Aug. 8, 1817, in Orange, N. C;
married Martha Ragland ; died
in Oakland, Cal.
II. Mary Paine Davis, born Sept. 9,
1819, in Orange, N. C; married
Sam'l B. Dickens; died Jan. 20,
1845.
III. William Cain Davis, born Sept.
27, 1821 ; died Dec. 9, 1856.
IV. Sarah Alston Davis, born in
Orange, N. C, June 22, 1823;
died Sept. 5, 1835.
V. Martha Alston Davis, born Jan.
13, 1825, in Orange, K C. ; mar-
ried Samuel Bell McKee Jan.
28, 1847; died Nov. 26, 1855,
when he married her sister, Sarah
Ann Davis, (q. v.).
VI. Susan Edward Davis, born June 1,
1827, in Orange, N. C. ; married
Jas. C. Armstrong ; died April
13, 1859, in Panola, Miss.
VII. Lucy Ann Davis, born Sept. 5,
428 James and Christian (Lillington) Alston.
1830, in Orange, N. (X ; died
Sept. 24, 1835.
VIII. Edward Linington Davis, born
April 23, 1833, in Rutherford
City, N. C, on Mead river ; died
in Oakland, Cal.
IX. Robert Williamson Davis, died in
infancy.
X. Sarah Ann Davis, born March 16,,
1839, at Lagrange, Tenn. ; mar-
ried Samuel Bell McKee July
14, 1859. Samuel Bell McKee
was Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court of California, and
died March 2, 1887.
Samuel Bell McKee and Martha Alston Davis
left three children : 1. Robert Linington
McKee. 2. Annie Bell McKee, who mar-
ried John Bell M'hoon, and died Sept. 27,
1887; and 3, Edward Davis McKee, who
married Fanny Vorhees Armstrong.
Samuel Bell McKee aud Sarah Ann Davis have
the following children :
4. Sam. Bell McKee.
5. James Cain McKee.
6. Sally Banks McKee, who married
Orestes Pierce.
7. Nellie A. McKee, who married Nor-
man R. Lang.
8. Amy Margaret McKee.
All of Oakland, California.
Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams. 429
North Carolina, In the name of God Amen.
The twenty-fourth day of October one thousand
seven hundred and fifty-three, I, samuel williams of the
county of Edgecomb in the province aforesaid being of
_.do make &c. this my last will and testament
in manner and form following,
1. First I give and bequeath .to my son William
Williams
#. Second, to my son Solomon Williams
Third, to Grandson Samuel Williams--
Fourth, to my son Samuel Williams a part of
mush Island
Fifth, to my loving wife, Elizabeth Williams
3. Sixth, to son Joseph John Williams
Lastly, Executors : my son William Williams and
my son Solomon Williams and [my trusty and well be-
loved friend Philip Alston.
Witnesses : Thomas Kearney,
Edmond Kearney,
James Alston.
Probated at the February court, 1754 (1754) of Edge-
combe County upn the probate of Honorable Matthew
Rowan, President and Commander in Chief in and over
His Majesties' Province of North Carolina.
And there is a deed from Hardy Hinton to the said
Samuel Williams recorded in Edgecomb County dated in
May, 1744.
In the North Carolina Historical and Genealogical
Register, No 1, page 84, is found the following abstract of
a will now on file in the office of the Secretary of State at
Raleigh.
430 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
" William Williams. Dec. 9, i?#4; wife Mary, sole
executrix, sons, Samuel, John and Stephen, each of my
daughters. "
The tradition is universally prevalent among his de-
scendants, that the first American ancestor was William
Williams and came from Wales, and there is a strong prob-
ability that this William Williams came to the colony at
the same time with John Alston, and that it was his son
Samuel, quite young at the time of his father's death, who
subsequently married Elisabeth, daughter of John Alston,
not in 1715 as has been claimed, but more probably about
1725--28.
Thos. Whitmel Esq.=Elisabeth Hunter Bryan, daugh-
ter of Lewis and Elisabeth Bryau, removed together with
her family from Surry Co. Ya., to Bertie Co. North Caro-
lina in 1713. Of their 11 children 5 died in childhood,
viz. :
William, Lewis, Mary, Janet, Anne, and six left fami-
lies, viz. :
I. Col. Thos. Whitmel, b. 1713; m. Mary Blount;
2d Elisabeth West.
II. Elisabeth, b. 1717; m. 1st Geoege Pollock,
son of Gov. Thomas Pollock in 1734, but af-
ter living with him one month she returned to
her father's house. No issue came of this mar-
riage and Pollock died Feb. 24, 1736. On
the 27th Oct. 1736, she married Captain
Thomas Blount, by whom she had 2 children,
a daughter Winifred who m. Whitmel Hill (a
cousin), and a sou Whitmel Blount.
Capt. Thomas Blount d. Sept 1st 1745, and
on Oct. 2, 1746, she was married at her fath-
er's house by Needharn Bryan to Col. Wil-
liam Williams to whom she bore 3 children,
(q. v.).
and Their Descendants. 431
III. Sarah= Henry Hunter, and bad issue.
IV. Winifred=Philip Alston, and had issue, (q. v.).
V. Mary = 1st Francis Pugh, and had issue, (q. v.).
2d Hezekiah Thompson, and had issue, (q. v.).
VI. MARTHA=lst Henry Lawrence Bate, and bad
issue, (q. v.). 2d Col. John Hill, and had
issue, viz. :
Whitmel Hill=Winifred Blount, issue:
1. Joseph and 2. John, d. s. p.
3. Thomas Blount Hill, left large family.
4. Elisabeth=John A.nthony and left
large family.
1 Col. William Williams was appointed Col. for Martin
Co., with Whitmel Hill for Lt. Col., Thomas Wiggins
Major and Kennith McKenzie, 2d Major, and was ap-
pointed Adjutant of IstKegimeut, Aug., 1775. He was a
member of the Provincial Cougress at Halifax, April 4,
1776, and of the Constitutional Convention at the same
place in Oct., 1776. He married Elisabeth, daughter of
Thomas Whitmel, Esq., and widow of Captain Thomas
Blount, who bore him three children, viz. :
4. I. Samuel Williams, born Feb. 10, 1753, who m.
Junel3,r<$70, Charity Alston Dawson, b. 1756,
dau. of John Dawson and Charity (Alston),
his wife. They had 9 children, (q.v.).
II. Elisabeth Williams, who m. John Johnson, bro-
ther of Gov. Samuel Johnson. Their dau.,
Elisabeth Whitmel Williams Johnson, m.
Philip, son of Lt. Col. Wm. Alston (Philip's
son) and Martha Hardee, his wife (q. v.).
5 III. Genl. Wm. Williams, of Martin Co., who m. 1st
Mrs. Smith, nee Irwin, no issue; 2d Elisabeth,
dau. of Capt. Solomon Williams and Tempie
(Boddie) , his wife, and had large family, (q. v.)..
432 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
4. Samuel Williams and Charity Alston Dawson,
his wife :
I. William Williams, b. Dec. 11, 1773; d.
Oct. 13, 1774.
II. Elisabeth Whitmel, b. Dec. 9. 1775 ; m.
May 26, 1796, to William Alston, son of
Lieut. Col. William and Martha (Hardee)
Alston, for issue (q. v.)
III. John Dawson Williams, b. July 29, 1778;
m. July, 1798, to his cousin, Elisabeth
Taylor, who bore him 2 sous, John Daw-
son Williams and Joseph John Williams.
6 IV. Lewis Alston Williams, b. Jan. 26, 1782 ;
m. Priscilla, daughter of Philip Kearney
and Elisabeth (Kinchen), his wife. Had
large issue, [q. v.)
V. Charity Alston, b. Sept. 22, 1785; m.
Rev. Hall, of M. E. Church. No
issue.
7 VI. Samuel Williams, b. Oct. 17, 1787, and d.
1850; m. Mary Whitmel Thompson. Is-
sue, (q. v.)
VII. Sarah Dawson, b. March 12, 1791; m.
Samuel Williams Alston, sou of Col.
William and Martha (Hardee), his wife,
for issue (q. v.)
VIII. Col. Joseph John Williams, b. June 6,
1793; d. 1866 ; m. 1818, to Mary Har-
riett Collins. Issue :
1. Thomas Edward Collins Williams.
2. Caroline Elvira Williams.
8 3. Charity Dawson Williams, married
Joseph James Pugh. Issue, (5. v.)
IX. Mary Clark Williams, b. March 16,
1796; m. Jephtha Atherton Barnes,
and Their Descendants. 433
b. Aug. 15, 1790; d. Sept. 27, 1818.
Their daughter, Charity Dawson Barnes,
married Col. Whitmel Hill Anthony.
Issue :
1. James Anthony, d. s. p.
2. Mary E., m. Major Whitaker, C.
S. Army.
3. Whitmel Hill Anthony, Jr., m.
Miss Lawrence.
4. Henrietta, m. Dr. William R. Wood.
6 Lewis Alston Williams and Priscilla (Kearney)
his wife :
I. Elvira, b. 1803 ; m. Henry Williams, of
Williamston, N. C. Issue :
1. Emiline, who died quite young.
2. Anabella, who m. Dr. Samuel D.
Young, of Oxford, N. C, and have
1 dau., Anabella Young.
II. Temple Maria, b. 1809; ra. 1st, Thomas
Bond Thompson. Issue :
1. Lewis Alston Thompson, of Martin
county :=Eleanor Dawson, and had
issue :
1. Thomas John Thompson, who
m. Lucy Hill Anthony, and
have issue.
2. Tempie Jane, who m. Heze-
kiah Griffin, and have a dau.,
Eleanor, and one other child.
3. Eleanor, d. unm.
=2d, Susan L. Alston, and had issue :
1. Lewis Alston Thompson.
2. Coke Thompson.
•28 al
434 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
3. Hezekiah Thompson, who d.
1869, s. p.
Tempie Maria's 2d husband was Thomas Jones.
Issue :
1. William Pitt Jones, who m. Annie
E. Lovejoy, of Raliegh, N. C, and
have children.
2. Thomas Whitmel Jones, d. unm.
in 1873.
3. John Jones, who d. unm. in 1864.
III. Emiline Williams, m. Dr. George Cobb, and
bore him 1 dau., Emiline Cobb, who died
while young. Dr. George Cobb after-
wards married Miss Julia Watson, and
left a family. He died near Orrville,
Ala.
IY. Martha Kearney Williams m. William
Clark Eborn. Issue :
1 . Lewis Alston Zachery, Eborn, d. unm.
2. John Philip Eborn, went West.
3. Wm. Kearney Williams, was a Meth-
odist minister, and m. Elisabeth
Andrew, and had issue.
4. Charles Carrol Eborn, unm.
5. Samuel Williams Eborn, d. unm.
\. Wm. Kearney Alston Williams m. 1st,
Barbara Arrington, no issue.
2d, Caroline M. Alston, and had issue :
1. Wm. KearDey Alston Williams, Jr.
2. Samuel Thomas Alston Williams.
VI. John Philip Williams m. Elisabeth
Whitmel Williams, his 2d cousin. Issue:
1. Ella Tunstall Williams, m. James
Henry Gayles and had 1 child.
2. Eugenia Kearney Williams,m. Zach-
and Their Descendants. 435
ary Taylor Vincent, of Ga., and
had issue: John Vincent, Cora
Carson, and Lucy.
3. Lewis David Williams, ra. — - Eth-
ridge.
4. John Philip Williams, Jr., d. unm.
5. Minnie Priscilla Williams, unm.
VII. Mary Dawson Williams, m. Whitmel Al-
ston Hardee Kearney, 1st cousin. No
issue.
Samuel Williams and Mary Whitmel Thompson :
I. William Alston Williams, d. y.
II. Hezekiah Thompson Williams, d. unm.
III. Sarah Elisabeth Bond Williams, m.
John Bennet Griffin, and had issue :
1. Dr. John Samuel Griffin, m. Mary
Lockett Smallwood, and had issue :
Sarah, Janet, Charles Smallwood,
and Thomas Whitmel Thompson
Griffin.
2. Virginia Ann Griffin, m. William
Clark Thompson, her cousin. Is-
sue : John Griffin Thompson ,Wm.
Thompson and another ch.
3. Hezekiah Griffin, m. Tempie Jean
Thompson, and had issue.
4. Thomas Williams Griffin, d. unm.
5. Mary Whitmel Griffin, m. Thomas
Bog Slade. Issue.
6. Cora Bennet Griffin, m. Alfred T.
Eason. Issue : Sarah Griffin Ea-
son.
IV. Mary Whitmel Wiilliams, m. Dr. Hamp-
den Sidney Williams (cousins). Issue :
436 'Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
1. Lucy Thompson Williams, d. unm..
2. Sarah Rebecca Williams, m. Samuel
David Williams, her cousin. No
issue.
3. Elisabeth Whitmel Williams, d. unm.
4. Charity Ann, m. Dr. Lucius Cary
Coke, of Martin Co., brother of
Senator Coke of Texas (s. p.).
V. Thomas Thompson Williams, m. Mary
Tunstall Williams. Cousins. Issue:
1. Samuel David Williams, m. Sarah
Rebecca Williams (s. p.).
2. Mary Thompson Williams, unm.
3. Aurelia Lillington Williams, m.
Henry Harrington and have issue.
4. Virginia Whitmel Williams, unm.
5. CatherineLockhartWilliams,d.unm.
6. Helen Dawson Williams, unm.
VI. John Dawson W T illiams, d. unm. 1875.
VII. Charity Dawson Williams, m. Wil-
liam Whitmel Anthony. Issue :
1. Charity Hampden Anthony, m.
Thomas H. Pritchard. Issue.
2. Joseph William Anthony, unm.
3. Lucy Hill Anthony, m. Thomas
John Thompson. Issue (q. v.).
4. Mary Anthony, d. unm.
5. Hezekiah Anthony, d. unm.
6. Peyton Tunstall Anthony, unm.
7. Ann Lewis Anthony, unm.
8. George Garrison Anthony, unm.
VIII. Ann Maria Williams, m. Dr. Daniel W-
Lewis (s. p.).
and Their Descendants. 437
Charity Dawson Williams = Joseph James Pugh.
Issue :
I. William, died in infancy.
II. Henry Percy Pugh (attorney), unmarried,
and resides at Windsor, N. C.
III. Dr Thomas Edward Williams Pugh, born
1850=Sarah Wood Harllee, of South
Carolina, who bore:
1. Willie Harllee Pugh, b. Feb. 25,
1883.
2. Francis, died young.
3. Edward Stewart Pugh, b. Sep. 7,
1895.
4. Alston Glendower, d. in infancy.
Dr. Pugh resides at Windsor, N. C, and in
his section holds a deservedly high rank,
both as a physician and surgeon. He
has quite an appreciation for literature
and art, and is a zealous member of the
Episcopal Church.
IV. Laura Slade Pugh = Richard Urqu-
hart Norfleet (1st cousins). Issue :
1. Julian. 2. Donald. 3. Margaret,
4. Ethel (died). 5. Catherine. 6. Elis-
abeth. 7. Joseph Pugh ; and 8.
Richard Norfleet.
V. Julian Dawson Pugh, d. s. p., 1878.
VI. Joseph Williams Pugh=Capitola Mo
Rea. Issue :
1. Joseph Norton. 2. Lucile. 3. Philip.
4. James. 5. Martin. 6. Mildred. 7.
Mary Urquhart Pugh, and others.
VII. Mary Collins Pughz=Reginald Heber
Norfleet (cousins). Issue:
438 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
1. J. Urquhart Norfleet. 2. Stephen, <L
3. Sarah Goode Norfleet.
VIII. Alice Whitmel Pugh = Wm. Kutledge
Moxby. Issue :
1. Wm. Pugh McKenzie Moxby.
2. Laura Pugh Moxby.
3. Richard Norfleet Moxby.
IX. Francis Slade Pugh, in city of Mexico.
X. Caroline Walton Pugh = Marmaduke
Norfleet (1st cousins). Issue: Charity,
Francis, and others.
Thomas J. Pugh, cousin to Joseph James Pugh, was the
son of John Hill Pugh=Elisabeth Lockhart, daughter of
James Lockhart =.
The family of Pugh is among the oldest in the colony.
It is Welsh, and originally was ap-Hugh. They had their
coat of arms.
5 Gen'l Wm. Williams=:Elisabeth Williams.
9 I. Martha Boddie Williams m. Wm. McKSnzie
Clark, Sr., and bore 9 children, (q. v.).
II. Henry Guston Williams m. Louisa James, and had
1 son, Blake Baker Williams, and 1 daughter.
10 III. Elisabeth Williams m. Reuben Carnall, and had
issue, (q. v.).
11 IV. Tempie Williams m. Col. Andrew Joyner (whose
2d wife was Mrs. Hutchins G. Burton, widow
of Gov. Burton, and dau. of Willie Jones) , and
had issue (q. v.).
12 V. Samuel David Williams m. Mary Catherine
Lockhart Tunstall, daughter of Peyton Ran-
dolph Tunstall and Mrs. Rebecca Bryan
Barnes, his wife, and had issue, (q. v.).
IS VI. Rev. Wm. Whitmel Williams, M. E. Churchy
and Their Descendants. 439
ra. Nancy Bryan Pugh, and had issue. 2d
wife, Elisabeth Harvey, issue, (q-v.).
9 Martha Boddie Williams and Wm. McKenzie
Clark, Sr. Issue:
I. Martha Ann Cathcart Clark m. Hon.
Lewis Thompson. Issue :
1. Thomas Whitmel Thompson, m.
Helen McKenzie Clark, s. p.
2. Wm. Clark Thompson m. Virginia
Ann Griffin.
3. Mary Bond Thompson m. Burges
Urquhart. Issue :
(1) Lewis Thompson Urquhart,
d. unm.
(2) Martha Thompson Urqu-
hart, unm.
(3) Mary Norfleet. 4. Marga-
ret McKenzie.
(5) Louisa Hill. (6) Burges,
all unm.
(7) Annie Whitmel Urquhart,
died young.
4. Martha Clark Thompson, d. 1867 at
18 years.
llf. II. Mary Janet Clark m. Charles J. P. Alston,
son of (Congress) Willis Alston ; q. v.
for issue.
SO III. Dr. William McKenzie Clark, Jr., m. Mar-
tha Pettway, dau. of Mark H. Pettway
and Marina C. Williams, (q. v.).
IV. Martha Clark m. Ansel*-. B. Urquhart,
of Isle of Wight county, Va. Issue :
I. Henry, died unm. II. Major
440 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
Charles Fox Urquhart, killed
in C. S. A.
III. Kennith Clark Urquhart m.
Mary Boykin.
IV. Wra. Clark Urquhart, d. 1878.
V. Dr. Richard Urquhart, U. S.
navy.
VI. James B. Urquhart. VII. Dr.
Francis Urquhart.
VIII. Reuben Carnall Urquhart. IX.
Martha Clark Urquhart.
X. Nannie Urquhart — Richard
Boykin, and have issue.
XI. Samuel Clark Urquhart, d. s. p.
XII. Mary Virginia Urquhart, died
unmarried.
XIII. Margaret Urquhart, d. unm.
XIV. Walter Urquhart, d. s. p.
V. Harriet Joyner Clark and Dr. Charles
Smallwood. Issue :
(1) Mary Lockett, m. Dr. John Samuel
Griffin. Issue (q. v.)
(2) Martha Williams Smallwood, d.
young.
(3) Rebecca Brehan, d. young.
(4) Sarah Thomas, d. young.
(5) Lewis Thompson Swallwood, m.
Mady Hardy.
(6) Dr. John Pugh Smallwood, m. An-
toinette Norfleet.
(7) Frances Whitmel Smallwood, m.
Dr. Alanson Capehart, and have 1
child.
VI. Col. David Carnall Clark, m. Elisabeth
Harris, and have issue, viz. :
and Their Descendants. 441
(1) Alice Maria Clark, ra. Dr. David
Lucas, and have 1 son, Carnall
Clark Lucas.
(2) Samuel Johnson Clark, Jr., m.
Mary E. Nicholson.
(3) Thomas Harris Clark, killed on
railroad.
(4) Margaret Ann Clark, m. Samuel
J. Harris.
(5) Wm. McKenzie Clark, d. at 5 years.
(6) James Harris, unm.
(7) Nena Elisabeth, unm.
(8) Mary T., unm.
(9) David Carnall Clark, Jr., unm.
(10) Whitmel McKenzie, d. in infancy.
(11) Estelle Ferdinand, unm,
(12) Joseph John, unm.
VII. Samuel Johnson Clark, m. Tempie Thorne,
who survived him and afterwards married as
his 2d wife, John Buxton Williams. No
issue.
VIII. Dr. Kenneth McKenzie Clark, m. Mar-
tha Carnall. Issue :
(1) Elisabeth.
(2) Rosa.
(3) Clara.
IX. Gavin Hogg Clark, m. Rebecca Hilliard,
of Nash county. Issue:
(1) Martha Rebecca, m. — Drake.
(2) Kenneth McKenzie Clark.
(3) Harriet Janet, m. — Drake, of
Nash county.
(4) Collin McKenzie, and
(5) Gavin Hogg Clark, Jr.
442 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
(6) Lucy Hilliard, aud
(7) Jesse Hilliard Clark, are all unm.
10 Elisabeth Williams and Reuben Carnall. Is-
sue :
(1) Dr. Reuben Carnall, m. — Sprague,
and have issue.
(2) Mary Emily, m. Dr. — Smith, of
Louisiana.
(3) Martha Carnall, m. Dr. Kenneth
McKenzie Clark, (q. V,)
(4) Wm. Williams Carnall, m. Mar-
garette Wyche.
11 Tempie Williams and Col. Andrew Joyner.
Issue-:
I. Elisabeth Harriet Joyner, m. Rev.
Robert Oswald Burton. Issue :
(1) John Oswald Burton.
(2) Andrew Joyner Burton.
(3) Robert Oswald Burton, Jr., nu
Mary Carroll, issue.
(4) Henry Joyner Burton, unm.
II. Martha Wms. Joyner=Archb'd Alex'r
Austin. 3 ch.
(1) Sarah Bridgeman Austin = 1st
Stirling H. Gee, Jr. (q. v.) who
served in the C. S. Army. She
married 2d, Matthew Allen Hamil-
ton, and has 6 children, (q. v.)
(2) Tempie Williams Austin = Hon.
Chas. J. Gee, M.D. (q. v.) He was
a member of the convention that
separated North Carolina from the
and Their Descendants. 443
Union, and signed the Articles of
Secession.
(3) Elisabeth Austin=Richard Hay-
wood Badger.
After the death of Arch'd. Alex. Austin, his
widow married Frank Haywood, and had
2 ch., viz.:
(4) M. Haywood, and
(5) Frank Haywood.
III. Dr. Henry Joyneb, m. Anne Pope. Issuer
(1) Tempie Williams Joyner.
(2) Nannie, m. Dr. Zollicoffer.
(3) Andrew Joyner.
' (4) William.
(5) Sarah, d. young.
IV. Tempie Williams Joyner, m. Willie Jone&
Eppes, of Virginia. Issue :
(1) Martha Eppes, m. Col. Gauntt.
(2) Tempie Eppes, m. — Gauntt.
(3) Nellie Eppes, m. John Cary Page.
(4) Andrew Joyner Eppes, and
(5) Sarah Eppes.
V. Mary Camilla Joyner, m. Wm. E. DanieL
Issue :
(1) Sarah, died, and
(2) John Jones Daniel, unm.
12 Samuel David Williams aud Mary C. Lockhart
Tun stall. Issue:
I. Dr. Hampden Sidney Williams married Mary
Whitmel Williams, dau. of Sam'l Williams
and Mary Whitmel Thompson, for issue (q.v.)
6 II. Elisabeth Whitmel, m. John Philip, son of
Lewis Alston Williams and Priscilla Kear-
ney (q. v.) issue.
444 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) "Williams
III. Ben Ashley Atkinson Williams, d. of yellow
fever in Louisiana.
IV. Rebecca Bryan Williams, m. James H. Tyler.
s. p.
V. Mary Tunstall Williams, m. Thomas Thomp-
son Williams, son of Sam'l Williams and
Mary Whitmel Thompson, (q. v.) for issue.
13 VI. Rev. Wm. Whitmel Williams, of M. E.
Church, and = 1st wife, Nancy Bryan
Pugh: Issue:
(1) Wm. Whitmel Williams, Jr., m. 1st,
Cornelia Webb. Issue: 1. Charles
Cornelius Williams, killed at
Vicksburg. 2d wife : Emeline
LaMotte ; issue : 2. Samuel David
Williams. 3. Austin Bryan. 4.
Pugh LaMotte, and others.
(2) Solomon Pugh Williams m. ■■
Bourke, of Louisiana.
(3) Winifred Tempie m. Rev. Benj.
Watson, of M. E. C, S. Issue:
1. Annie Watson. 2. Willis Som-
erville Watson, and others.
(4) Jane Bryan m. John Armstead
Miller, of Halifax county, Va.
Issue: 1. Wm. Armstead Miller.
2. John Emory Miller. 3. Annie.
4. Richard Thomas. 5. Edward
Barbee. 6. Wesley Watson.
(5) Dr. Henry Fletcher Williams m.
Laura Slade Pugh. Issue: 1.
Henry Augustus Williams m.
Helen . 2. Frances Helen
Slade Williams m. Timothy Iredell
Phelps ; have large family.
and Their Descendants. 445
(6) Ann Eliza Williams m. John Dever-
eux and went to Texas. Rev.
Wm. Whitmel Williams, by 2d
wife = Elisabeth Harvey, had
issue.
(7) Simmons Baker Williams. (8) Mary.
(9) Martha. (10) Caroline; and
(11) Ann.
2 Captain Solomon Williams married, 1764= Tempie
Boddie, and died Aug. 23, 1794. Issue:
15 I. Henry Guston Williams b. May 24, 1765 ;
married Aug. 15, 1793, to Lucy Tunstall,
born May 22, 1775, daughter of Wm. Tun-
stall Betsy Barker, half-sister to Colonel
Thomas Pugh, Sr., (q.v.).
16 II. Major William Wi Ilia ms= 1st, Ruina Webb;
= 2d wife, Elisabeth Kearney, daughter of
Philip Kearney=Elisabeth Kinchen, (q. v.).
17 III. Samuel Williams=lst, Mary Person ; = 2d
wife, Mary Eaton, (q. v.).
5 IV. Elisabeth Williams = Gen'l Wm. Williams
(1st cousins), son of Col. Wm. Williams
and Elisabeth Whitmel, (q. v.).
18 V. Mary Williams= William Eaton, (q. v.).
19 VI. Tempie Boddie Williams = George Tunstall,
son of Wm.Tnnstall=Betsy Barker,* (q.v.).
* Thomas Barker, son of Thomas Barker and Bethia Little,
of Edenton, N. C. Married 1st, Mrs. Pugh, nee Ferabee Savage;
2d, Mrs. Craven nee Penelope Pagett.
Elizabeth, only child of Thomas Barker and Ferabee Savage,
married Col. William Tunstall.
Their children :
Peyton Bandolph.
Nathaniel, died young.
Thomas, died young.
Ann, married Edmund V. Tunstall.
Lucy, married Henry G. Williams.
George, married Tempe Williams.
Elizabeth, married Frank Pugh.
William, married Sarah Pugh.
446 Samuel and Elisabeth (Adston) Williams
15 Henry Guston Willi ams= Lucy Tunstall. Issue:
I. Dr. Solomon Williams, b. Aug. 23, 1794 =
Caroline, dau. of Samuel Alston =Elisabeth
Faulcon, s. p.
II. William Tunstall Williams, b. July 25, 1796;
d. s. p. Nov. 30, 1828.
20 III. Lucy Barker Williams, b. Nov. 30, 1798 =
Elijah Boddie Perry ; issue, (q. v.). Elijah
Boddie Perry and Samuel Perry were
brothers, and married two sisters.
21 IV. Elisabeth Williams, b. Feb. 4, 1800 = Samuel
Perry; issue, (q. v.).
22 V. Henry Guston Williams, Jr., b. April 22, 1802
—Elisabeth Arrington ; issue, (q. v.).
23 VI. Mary Tempie Williams; b. July 2, 1804=
Stirling Harwell Gee ; issue, (q. v.). Stirl-
ing Harwell Gee and Charles J. Gee were
brothers, and sons of Neville Gee=Betsy
Harwell, and married sisters.
24 VII. Marina Caroline Williams, b. July 16, 1806=
Mark Harwell Pettway; issue, (q. v.).
25 VIII. Harriet R. Williams, b. Feb. 5, 1809; d. Nov.
3, 1851= Dr. Landon Clan ton; issue (q. v.).
26. IX. Martha Louisa Williams, b. Feb. 22d, 1811 ;
d. Jan'y 13, 1833 = Charles J. Gee ; issue,
(q. V.).
X. Samuel Tunstall Williams, b. April 22, 1813;
d. s. p.
27. XL John Buxton Williams, b. July 23, 1815=1 st,
Mary Tempie Hilliard ; issue, (q. v.).
=2d wife, Mrs. Sam'l Johnston Clark nee
Tempie Thorne, s. p.
20 Issue of Elijah Boddie Perry and Lucy Barker
Williams, his wife.
and Their Descendants. 447
I. Elijah Perry, d. s. p.
II. Lucy, m. William Henry Williams whose 1st
wife had been Aphia Taylor, and after the
death of Williams she m. Clanton.
III. Dr. Sam Perry m. Bettie Pettway Gee,
(dau. of Stirling Harwell Gee=Mary Tern-
pie Williams) and had 3 daughters, viz.:
1. Mary Boddie Perry, who m. John Al-
exander Burt and bore 3 children, (q. v.).
After the death of his wife, John A. Burt
m. Mary Louisa Gee, dau. of Stirling
Harwell Gee and aunt of his 1st wife.
2. Lucy Perry, b. 1854; never married.
3. Georgie Taylor Perry, b. 1856 ; m.
William Willis Boddie, 9 ch. (q. v.).
IV. Joshua Perry m. Elisabeth Harwell
Gee (dau. of Martha Louisa Williams =
Charles J. Gee), and had 4 ch. viz. :
1. Louisa Perry m. S. B. Alexander, of
Charlotte, N. C.
2. Elijah Perry and 3. Oliver Perry, unm.
4. Elisabeth Joshua Perry m. — Pleasants.
V. Mary Perry m. Archibald Taylor, issue :
(1) Lucy, m. Dr. Charles Fort and had is-
sue:
1. Frank Fitzhugh. 2. Mary Perry.
3. William Edwin. 4. Charles D. H.
(2) Mildred, m. Taylor and have
issue.
(3) Robert Taylor, unm.
Mary Boddie Perry— John Alexander Burt,
3 ch. viz.:
1. Dr. Samuel Perry Burt m. Viola Lee Davis,
have 1 dau. Mary Exum Burt, b. 1899.
448 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
2. Bettie Lee Burt, m. Kemp Plummer Hill, 2
ch., John Burt Hill, b. 1896 and Kemp Plum-
mer Hill, b. 1898.
3. Emily McKenzie Burt m. William Edmund
Harrison, 2 ch., Mary Burt Harrison, b. 1894.
Willie Edmund Harrison, b. 1897.
Georgia Taylor Perry =Wm. Willis Boddie,
9 ch. viz. :
1. Wm. Willis Boddie, b. Nov. 25, 1877.
2. Samuel Perry Boddie, b. June 24, 1880.
3. John Buchanan Boddie, d. in infancy.
4. Mary Burt, died in infancy.
5. Stirling Gee, b. April 8, 1886.
6. Fannie Ricks, b. July 26, 1888.
7. Betsey Barker, b. Sept. 30, 1890.
8. Thomas George, b. Dec. 26, 1893.
9. Lucy Williams, d. in infancy.
21 Issue of Dr. Samuel Perry= Elisabeth Wil-
liams.
I. -II. William and Green were twins, Green
d. and William m. Josephine Yar-
boro and have one child, Agnes, who
m. William Montfort, and have issue.
III. Mary, m. Augustus Perry.
IV. Marina m. Edward Lewis, and have
issue :
Sarah, Mary, Edward and Susan.
V. Caroline, m. Boddie.
VI. Elisabeth, m. Dr. John H. Reid and
had no issue, and after the death of his
wife, Dr. Reid m. her sister.
VII. Ann, who bore 1 son John H. Reid.
Afterwards her husband died and she
and Their Descendants. 449
then married Samuel H. Fowlkes,
June, 1853, and bore him 6 sons and
2 daughters.
I. Carrie B. Fowlkes=John B.
Hogue, 1878, issue :
1. J. Herbert Hogue.
2. Anne Fowlkes Hogue.
II. S. Perry Fowlkes = Sallie
Harrison Wilkins, issue :
1. Samuel H. Fowlkes.
2. Mattie Kent Fowlkes.
III. E. Oliver Fowlkes=Mary C.
Harrison, issue :
1. Agnes Fowlkes.
2. Helen Fowlkes.
IV. Henry W. Fowlkes.
V. Frank B. Fowlkes =Lillian
Stratton, Issue :
Henry Stratton Fowlkes.
VI. William M. Fowlkes == Ludie
Seawell, issue :
1. Louise Fowlkes.
2. Anne Fowlkes.
VII. Walter B. Fowlkes.
VIII. Lucy m. Kit Irby, and had issue,
Sam, Tom and Kit.
I. Sam Irby m. 1st Sallie
Reed, dau. of Col. John
C. Reed, and had 1 son,
John Irby and 1 dau.
Sallie Irby. He mar-
ried 2d wife, Julia
Shields, dau. of Wm.
Bryan Shields = Elisa-
29 al
450 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
beth Cochran, and have
several children.
III. Kit Irby, Jr., m. Mary
Pegues, dau. of Capt.
Samuel W. Pegues= An-
nie Saunders, and they
have several children.
IX. Tempie Perry m. Capt. Thomas
E. Irby, of Gee's Bend, bro-
ther of ber sister's husband.
They had 4 daughters and 1 son,
Joseph, who was accidentally
killed at the age of 17.
I. Lizzie P. Irby=Abram
L. Pope, Esq., and they
have issue :
1. Tempie A. Pope.
2. Thomas Irby Pope.
3. Virginia Pope.
4. Rebecca E. Pope.
5. Abram L. Pope.
II. Lucy Irby=N. J. Davis
and they have issue.
1. Thaddeus J. Da-
vis.
2. Xathanie 1 J.
Davis.
III. Rebecca Irby, unm.
IV. Virginia Irby, d in 1883.
Capt. Thos. E. Irby was
killed at the battle of Wil-
liamsburg, Va., in 1862.
28 X. Elijah Boddie Perry, Jr., married
in 1853 to Sallie Burges. They
and Their Descendants. 451
reside in Littleton, N. C, and
have issue, (q. v.).
29 XL Dr. Sam Perry married Salina
Watkins Jones, and have issue,
(q. v.). They now reside at
Birmingham, Ala.
XII. Henry Perry.
XIII. Dr. Mark Perry, married Annie
Stamper.
XI V . Dr. Sol Perry, married Sallie
Stamper.
28 Children of Elijah Boddie Perry, Jr.,=Sallie
Burges, his wife, of Littleton, N. C.
I. Dr. Mark Pettway Perry, born 1858, mar-
ried in 1884 to Florence Brame, and re-
sides at Macon, N. C. Their children are:
1. Sallie Burges, b. 1885.
2. John Brame, b. 1887.
3. Elisabeth, b. 1890.
4. Rosa Govan, b. 1893.
5. Florence, b. 1896.
6. Pattie Burges, b. 1899.
II. Pattie Burges, born 1861. Lives in Wash-
ington, D. C.
III. Fannie McKerall, born 1863, m. 1892 to
James L. Harper, of Elberton, Ga., s. p.
They reside in Washington, D. C.
IV. Lucy Tunstal, b. 1866; m. in 1887 to L. D.
Johnson, of Littleton, N. C, and have a
dau. Rebecca, b. 1892.
V. Elijah Boddie Perry, b. 1869 ; unm. ; drug-
gist in Littleton.
452 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
VI. Edward Alston Perry, b. 1875; unm.; den-
tist in Littleton.
VII. Sallie Burges, b. 1877 ; unra.
29 Children of Dr. Sam Perry=Salina Watkins
Jones. His wife, Saliua Jones, was dau. to Wra.
Albert Jones and Frances Anderson (Lockett), bis
wife, of Marion, Ala.
I. Albert Jones Perry m. Lizzie Armour, of
Mobile. Issue :
1. Samuel Watkins.
2. Albert J. Jr.
3. Kate and 4. Bessie Perry.
II. Henry Watkins Perry, unm.
III. Fanny Watkins Perry m. John Howze.
Issue :
1. Laurence Pettway Howze.
2. Augusta Cayton Howze.
3. Fanny Perry.
4. Samuel Perry.
5. John, and 6. Charles Perry Howze.
IV. Anne Pauline Perry m. Rev. Hugh Mo
Cormick, Missionary to Mexico and Porto
Rico. Issue :
1. Kate McCormick, 2. Hugh and
3. Charles McCormick.
V. Samuel Perry, Jr. m. Juliette Jolly.
Issue :
1. Henry Watkios Perry, Jr . 2. Susie
Watkins, and 3. Selina Perry.
VI. Mary Jones Perry m. Guiton Bowers.
Issue :
1. Loyd Bowers, 2. Mary Perry and.
3. Fanny Howze Bowers.
VII. Charles Jones Perry, unm.
and Their Descendants. 453
VIII. Patty Pearl Perry m. James Robinson,
issue :
1. Selina Robinson.
2. Oliver Gordon Robinson.
IX. Tunstal Barker Perry.
Dr. Sam Perry, father of the above family, graduated in
medicine in 1854, in Charleston, and settled in Marion,
Ala., where he practiced his profession for many years and
attained quite a distinction. lie afterwards removed to
Birmingham.
$2 Children of Henry Guston Williams, Jr., and his
wife, Elisabeth Arrington, issue :
I. Henry Guston Williams, the 3d,m. — Watson.
II. Elisabeth m. John Mills, and have 1 dau.
Martha Mills.
III. Col. Sol Williams, killed in C. S. Army.
IV. John Williams, m. Hettie Grandy.
V. Lucy m. Crawford Cooper and have issue:
1. Janet, m. — Elliot, of Norfolk.
2. Lizzie, m. — Biggs, and have issue:
1. William, 2. Lula and 3. Craword
Biggs.
3. Henry Cooper. 4. Solomon and 5.
Crawford Cooper.
VI. Samuel Williams is an editor, and
VII. Archibald Williams.
28 Stirling Harwell Gee=Mary Temperance
Williams. 4 ch. viz :
I. Bettie Pettway Gee, b. 1834=Dr. Sam Perry,
(q. v.).
II. Mary Louisa Gee, b. 1836= John Alexander
Burt, [q. v.). s. p.
454 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
III. Hod. Charles James Gee— Tempie Wil-
liams Austin, (dau. of Archibald Alexan-
der Austin=Martha Williams Joyner), and
had 2 daughters, viz]:
Pattie Williams Gee, now in New York,
and Tempie Williams Gee.
IV. Capt. Stirling Harwell Gee, Jr.=Sarah
Bridgman Austin (sister of his brother
Charles' wife), who bore him no issue. He
was killed during the civil war. After his
death his widow married Matthew Allen
Hamilton, of Baltimore, (but born in Ire-
land), and has 6 living children, viz. :
1. Tempie Austin Hamilton.
2. Matthew Allen Hamilton.
3. Marion Ewing Hamilton.
4. Mrs. Dr. James Jones Phillips.
5. Wm. Howard Hamilton.
6. Sallie Hamilton.
24- Mark Harwell Pettway and his wife, Marina
Caroline Williams. Children :
SO I. Martha Harwell Pettway, m. Dr. William Mc-
Kenzie Clark. 12 children, (q. v.).
31 II. Lucy Barker Pettway, m. Joseph Speed Jones.
Issue :
III. Marina Williams, m. John Edward Jones. Is-
sueless.
IV. Willie Caroline, m. John Edward Jones, (2d
wife) and had 1 dau., Willie, d. early.
32 V. Elisabeth Williams, m. William Irby, and had
11 children, (q. v.)
VI. Mark Harwell Pettway, Jr. d. s. p.
S3 VII. Emma Harriet Pettway, m. Charles Osmond
Jones, (q. v.) 5 children
and Their Descendants. 455
VIII. Sarah Tempie Pettway, m. Richard Armstead
Davis. 7 children. (No record of them.)
Si IX. Laura Tunstall, m. Wm. Henry Burwell. 3
children, (q. v.)
35 X. Rosa Lee, ra. Edward Pegues. 3 ch., (q. v.)
86 XI. John Henry Pettway, m. Laura Jones, dau.
of Wm. Albert and Frances Anderson Jones.
7 children, (</. v.)
XII. Solomon Pettway, died in infancy.
Mark Harwell Pettway was sheriff of Warren
county, N. C, for many years, and after-
wards removed to Gee's Bend, in Wilcox
county, Ala., where he owned a very large
landed estate, and where he died.
50 Martha Harwell Pettway=Dr. Wm. McKen-
zie Clark. Issue :
(1) Helen McKenzie Clark, m. Thomas
Whitmel Thompson. No issue.
(2) Wm. McKenzie Clark.
(3) Marina Temperance Clark.
(4) Lucy Jones, and
(5) Samuel, all died unm.
(6) Dr. Mark Pettway Clark, m.
Wingate.
(7) Lizzie Irby.
(8) Dr. Kenneth McKenzie Clark.
(9) Patti Clark, all died unm.
51 Lucy Barker P ett w a y= Joseph Speed Jones.
Children, viz. :
1. Mary Speed Jones, died in childhood.
2. Mark Pettway Jones, m. Nannie
Price Jones, daughter of Alpheus and
456 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
Lizzie Price Jones, and had 5 children.
After his death, his widow married his
younger brother,
6. John Buxton Williams Jones, and
bore him 3 children. Her issue :
1. Alfred Speed.
2. Mark Harwell.
3. William Duke.
4. Lizzie Price.
5. Lucy Pettway.
6. Nancy Peters Sanders.
7. Alpheus.
8. Joseph Speed.
She resides in Warrenton, N. C.
3. Marina Williams Jones, m. Judge Charles
Alston Cook, of Warrenton, N. C. (q. v.)
4. William Robert Jones, unm.
5. Pattie Clark Jones, m. Jonas C. Williams,
(q. v.) for issue.
7. Lucy Barker Jones, m. Samuel Ricks,
and have 2 children, viz. :
1. Samuel Soule Ricks.
2. Josephine Speed Ricks.
8. Joseph Speed Jones, m. Esther Mc-
Kinney. Issue :
1. Mattie Nobles.
2. Lucy Pettway.
3. Willie Estelle.
4. Helen Jones.
9. Dr. Edwin Early Jones, unm., lives in
Baltimore.
10. Tempie Williams Jones, died young.
After the death of his wife, Lucy Barker Pett-
way, Joseph Speed Jones married again and
and Their Descendants. 457
had other children. He resides in Warren
county, N. C.
SB Elisabeth Williams Pettway and Wm Irby.
Issue :
I. Charles, ra. .
II. Harriet, ra. Beck, had 1 child and then
died.
III. Marina Caroline, died unra.
IV. Lizzie, m.
V. Mary, m. — Mathison, and had 1 son,
Alex Mathison. After her husband's
death, she again married — Jones, by
whom she bore no issue.
VI. Thomas.
VII. William.
VIII. John.
IX. Cora, and
X. Julia, All unm.
S3 Emma Harriet Pettway and Charles O. Jones.
Children :
I. Marina Pettway, m. Andrew Jack-
son Evans, of Marion, Ala., and have
issue :
1. Mary Frances.
2. James Gilliland Evans.
3. Charles Jones Evans.
4. Emma Pettway Evans.
II. Laura.
III. Mary.
IV. Emma, and
V. Arthur Albert Jones, are all unm.
458 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
The above Charles Osmond Jones is the
son of Win. Albert and Frances Ander-
son (Lockett) Jones. The father of
Wm. Albert was Thomas Anderson
Jones, a brother of Dr. Tignall Jones,
of Mecklenburg county, Va.
Si Laura Tunstall Pettway and Wm. H. Burwell's
children :
I. William Armstead Burwell, m. Olivia
Burton, and have 3 children.
II. Mark Pettway Burwell, m. Annie Taylor,
and have 2 children.
II L Tempie Pettway Burwell, m. Richard
Blair Boyd, aud have 4 children.
85 Rosa Lee Pettway and Edward Pegues. Children:
I. Harriet, m. Royal Miree.
II. Bowles, aud
III. Lee, unm.
Edward Pegues was the son of James aud
Harriet E. (Irby) Pegues. He was in
the C. S. Army ; was captured at
and imprisoned at Johnson's Island 18
months.
36 John Henry Pettway and Laura (Jones).
Children :
I. Mark Harwell Pettway, m. and has 2
childreu.
II. Frank, d. s. p.
III. John Pettway, Jr.
IV. Julian.
V. McDaniel.
and Their Descendants. 459
VI. Marina, and
VII. Laura, are all unmarried.
He died at his father's old homestead in
Gee's Bend, Sept. 8th, 1899.
Tempie Hilliard Williams=John A. Dameron,
9 children, viz. :
(1) Buxton Williams Dameron.
(2) Julia Mangum Dameron.
(3) William Henry Dameron.
(4) John Alexander Dameron.
(5) Tempie Hilliard Dameron.
(6) Josephine Leah Dameron.
(7) Thomas Barker Dameron.
(8) Lula May Dameron.
(9) Lillie Bell Dameron.
Jonas Carr Williams= Martha Clarke Jones,
(1st wife) 10 children, viz. :
(1) Eva Thornton Williams m. Cleasy
Tharington. Issue : 1 son, viz. :
Marion Speed Tharington.
(2) Joseph Speed Williams.
(3) Lucy Pettway Williams.
(4) Mary Ann Williams m. Benjamin Thar-
ington, and have 1 child.
(5) Tempie Dameron Williams.
(6) John Buxton Williams m. Marie
Williams.
(7) Marina Cook Williams.
(8) Mark Pettway Williams.
(9) Francis Graham Williams.
(10) Pattie Jonas Williams.
460 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) "Williams
16 Major Wm. WiLLiAM8=lst Rutxa Webb, Dec. 8,
1785. Issue : 3 children {q. v.)
Sept. 1798 = 2d Elisabeth Kearney, (daughter
of Wm. K. Kearney = Maria Alston,) issue (q. v.)
I. Ruina J. Williams d. unm., ret. 17.
37 II. Robert Webb Williams=Harty Hodge
Davis, issue (q. v.)
38 III. Solomon Williams=Maria Alston Kear-
ney, issue (q. v.)
By 2d marriage:
IV. Adaline Williams=Johu Jones Alston,
of Chatham, sou of Chatham Jack
Alston, issue (7. v.)
39 V. Tempie Boddie Williarus=:Dr. Thomas
Jones, issue (q. v.)
= 2d husband, Dr. Calvin Jones, issue, (q. v.)
VI. Mary Williams=Robert Blick. No issue.
4-0 VII. Margaret Dawson Williams = Horace
Burtou, issue (q. v.)
4.1 VIII. Elisabeth Williams=Xathan Perry, is-
sue (q. v.)
42 IX. Major Joseph John Williarns=Martha
James, daughter of Philip Guston
Alston, issue [q. v.)
43 X. William Henry Williams = 1st Aphia
Taylor, issue (q. v.)
=2d wife, Lucy Perry.
XL Marina Williarns=George W. Alston,
son of Philip Guston Alston (q. v.)
XII. Martha Kearney Williatns=Nat Macon
Alston (s. p.)
37 Robert Webb Williams=Harty Hodge Davis.
Issue :
I. Dr. Robert Edgar Williams^ Virginia
and Their Descendants. 461
Valeria Kearney (daughter of William
K. Kearney =Maria Alston). Issue :
I. Emma Priscilla Williams=Joseph
John Jones, of Warren.
II. Whitmel Kearney Williams^ Lucy
Davis.
III. Nicholas Alston Williams =
Boyce, of Texas.
IV. Caroline Matilda Williams = Dr.
Bennett Perry Alston [q. v.)
V. Laura Eaton Williams= James Wil-
liams Jones, of Warren.
VI. James Williams, unm.
VII. Robert Edgar Williams = Bettie
Davis.
VIII. William Williams = in Texas.
IX. Virginia Valeria (Minna) Williams
= Robert Sutherland.
X. Robert Lee Williams, unm.
II. Capt. Archd. Davis Williams, C. S.
Army, m. Lucy Ann Lewis. Issue :
1. Elisabeth, m. Capt. Philip Gustou
Alston.
2. Robert Edgar Williams d. unm.
3. Harty Hodge Williams m. Charles
Ponder, of Edgecomb county.
4. Eloise Williams m. Dr. Nicholas
Sills.
5. Archibald Davis Williams, Jr., unm.
6. Rosa Williams m. Henry Bryan.
7. Edward Williams.
8. Louis Napoleon Williams.
III. Ruina Temperance Williams m. Samuel
Thomas Alston (Tom Thumper) for issue-
(q. v.)
462 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
IV. Elisabeth Williams m. James Yar-
borough. Issue :
1. Robert Yarborough.
2. Ruina Yarborough.
3. James Williams Yarborough.
V. Martha Williams m. Benjamin
Thorne Ballard. Issue :
I. Robert Edgar Ballard m. Agnes
Branch. Issue :
Branch, Annie, Jones, Hodge,
Nicholas, Robert, Lewis, and
Van A.
II. William Henry Ballard m. Mary
Elisabeth Green. Issue :
Robert, Wyley, William,
Victor, Bessie, Thorne, Laura,
Verne.
III. Junius Ballard m. Laura Burwell,
and had 1 child, Junius, Jr.
IV. Frank S. Ballard m. L. Mabbett
Clarke. Issue :
David Clarke Ballard.
V. Eliza Ballard in. Hugh Egerton.
VI. Benjamin Walter Ballard m.
Eleanor Parker, daughter of
Col. Frank Parker, of Enfield.
Issue :
1. Eleanor. 2. Kate. 3. Walter.
4. Nena. 5. Martha.
VII. Nicholas Massenburg Ballard.
VIII. Martha R. Ballard m. Joseph
Barrow. Issue :
William and Julia.
and Their Descendants. 463
S8 Solomon Williams— Maria Alston Kearney, dau.
of Wra. K. Kearney and Maria Alston.
Issue :
I. Nathaniel Alston Williams^
Emma Haywood Alston (dau.
of Wm. Wms. Alston, of Clarke
county, Ala., and Mary Haywood
Burges, his wife). They removed
to Paris, Tex., and have 6 children.
ll. Pattie Williams.
III. Bettie Williams.
IY. Dallas Williams.
V. Philip Kearney Williams m. Ruina
Alston, of Warren county.
VI. Sallie Williams m. Nathan Perry.
VII. Thomas Williams m. Fannie Lassiter.
VIII. Walter Williams, unm.
IX. Solomon Williams m. Kate White,
of Warrenton.
X. Willie Williams m. Ray, of
Greensboro, N. C.
XI. Aphia Williams m. John White, of
Warrenton.
89 Tempie Boddie Williams, and 1st husband, Dr.
Thomas Jones ; issue, 1 son, Montezuma Jones, who
married Elisabeth Wood.
By 2d husband, Dr. Calvin Jones, 2 daughters
and 2 sons.
I. Temperance Octavia m. Edwin Polk and
have 1 daughter, Octavia Polk.
II. Mary m. Trion.
III. Thomas Calvin Jones m. .
IV. Paul Tudor Jones m. 1st, Jennie Wood ; 2d
Mary Kirkman, and have 2 children, Paul
Tudor and Calvin Jones.
464 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
40 Margaret Dawson Williams = Horace Burton.
Issue :
I. Robert Burton, d. s. p. II. Martha Burton
ra. Tignal Brame.
III. Paul d. unra. IV. Terapie Burton rn.
Kittrell.
V. Margarette m. Alston Estes. VI. Octavia,
unm.
VII. Elisabeth rn. Charles Perry (cousins),
and had 1 son, Nathaniel, who m. Sallie
Thomas Williams.
VIII. Adaline, unm.
41 Elisabeth Williams = Nathan Pery. Children :
I. William Perry, killed in C. S. army.
II. Charles Perry m. Elisabeth Burton ; issue, see
above.
III. Mary Perry m. Dr. Wm W. Green; issue, 1 dau.
and 1 son ; Elisabeth, who m. Wm. Henry
Ballard ; Wm. W. Green, Jr., who m. Eliza
Blacknall.
IV. Laviuia m. Dr. Wm. W. Green after her sister
died, and had 1 dau., Mary Green.
42 Major Joseph John Williams = Martha James
Alston. Issue :
44- I. Matilda Williams= Dr. Peter Foster; issue
(q. v.).
II. William Williams.
45 III. Margaret Williams= Whitfield; issue
(q. v.).
IV. Robert Williams.
V. Anne Eliza Williams, married and issue.
44 Matilda Williams=Dr. Peter Foster.
I. Augustus Foster.
and Their Descendants.
465
II. Dr. Ernest Foster = Mary Cook (1st
cousins). Issue :
1. Lucie Keeble Foster.
2. Matilda Kearney Foster.
3. Virginia Donaldson Foster.
III. Martha Williams Foster=Rev. Paul
J. Carraway. Issue :
1. Lola Williams Carraway.
2. Daisy Foster Carraway.
IV. Peter Foster = Lutie Cook. Issue:
1. Mary Louisa Foster.
2. Peter Stapleton Foster.
3. Ernest Blacknall Foster.
V. Matilda Foster = George Brown.
Issue :
1. Mamie Ozella Brown.
2. Peter Foster Brown.
3. Matilda Turner Brown.
4. Peyton Brown.
5. Ernest Wilmot Brown.
VI. Mary Foster=Eugene Cook.
VII. Joseph Foster.
VIII. Frank Reddick Foster. IX. Edward
Foster.
X. Junius Foster= Bessie Mathews. Issue:
1. Hardin Foster.
2. Kate Foster.
3. Matilda Foster.
4. William Foster.
XI. Lucie Foster.
£5 Margaret Williams = Whitfield. Issue:
I. Mary Whitfield. II. Joseph John Whitfield.
III. Nereston G. Whitfield.
30 al
466 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
25 Harriet R. Williams=Dr. Landon Clanton.
1. Jerome Clanton, m. and d. s. p.
2. Solomon, and 3. Mark Clanton, unm.
4. Lucy Clanton m. Adams and had 1 dau.,
Lizzie.
5. Mary Clanton, m.
26 Martha Louisa Williams= Charles James Gee.
1. Elisabeth Harwell Gee m. Joshua Perry, son of
Elijah Boddie Perry = Lucy Barker Williams,
2. Tempie Hilliard Gee m. Wm. H. H. Hill,
5 ch., viz. :
1. KempPlummer Hill, b. Sept. 2, 1868;
m. Oct. 2, 1895, to Bettie G. Burt,
issue 3 ch.
1. John Burt, b. Sept. 8, 1896.
2. Kemp Plummer, b. Aug. 5, 1898.
3. Pattie Gee, b. April 13, 1901.
2. Charles Gee Hill, b. July 1, 1871.
3. Joshua Perry Hill, b. Dec. 18, 1873.
4. Eloise Hill Nov. 29, 1876; m. June 18,
1900, to William Henry Yarborough,
Jr.
5. Elisabeth Gee Hill, b. Jan. 5, 1880 ; m.
Aug. 3, 1900, to Peter Augustus
Reavis, son of George James and
Martha Reavis, and have a son, Peter
Augustus, Jr., b. July 6, 1901.
3. Willie Douglas Gee m. James Clanton.
4. Lucy Henry m. Green Wood, of Arkansas.
5. Mary Tunstall.
6. Harriet Loudon.
7. Archibald Taylor Gee.
8. Charles James Gee.
and Their Descendants. 467
27 John Buxton Williams=Mary Tempie Hil-
LIARD, 10 ch. viz. :
1. James Hilliard Williams m. Susan E. Lyon,
of Alabama (q. v.).
2. Lucy Tunstall Williams d. unui.
3. Harry Guston Williams, killed at Malvern
Hill, in C. S. Army.
4. Dr. John Buxton Williams (Dr. Buck, of
Oxford, Granville Co., N. C), in. Carrie
Peters of Va., (q. v.).
5. Solomon Buxton Williams m. Eva Thornton,
of Suffolk, Va. (q. v.).
6. Tempie Hilliard Williams m. John A. Dam-
erou, of Va. {q. v.).
7. Jonas Carr Williams m. 1st, Pattie Clark
Jones (q. v.). for issue ; m. 2d, Mrs. Wil-
liams, nee Egerton, aud had 1 son, Harry
Malvern Williams.
8. Romeo Williams.
9. Thomas Barker Williams m. Lucy
Thweatt Jerman (dau. of Dr. T. P.
Jerman, of Ridgeway, N. C. (q. v.).
Issue :
1. Palmer Jerman Williams.
2. Buxton Barker Williams.
3. Lucy Sydnor Williams.
4. Thomas Barker d. young.
5. Tempie Hilliard died young.
6. Julia Borden Williams.
10. Dr. Buxton Boddie Wtlliams, m. Martha
Edward Alston (dau. of Alfred Alston =
Mary Dawson Kearney, 5 ch.
1. Van Wyck Williams.
2. Maria Alston.
3. Henry Buxton.
468 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
4. Alfred Alston &
5. Fanny Soraerville Williams.
James Hilliard Williams= Susan E. Lyon, 9 ch.,
viz. :
1. John Buxton Williams.
2. Andrew Lyon Williams m. Lizzie Adams, of
Alabama, and have 2 ch., Talbot and Susan.
3. Henry Guston Williams m. Lizzie McDutfy,
and have 3 ch., viz. :
Henry Guston, Lyle and Lillian Lacy.
4. Major Lyon Williams.
5. Virginia Lyon Williams m. Dr. S. Voorhees,
of New Jersey, and have 2 ch., viz. :
Lamar and Loyd.
6. George Clanton Williams m. Mary Campbell.
7. Terapie Hilliard Williams.
8. Clanton Jerome Williams and 9. Thomas Bar-
ker Williams.
Dr. John Buxton Williams=Carrie Peters.
1. Tempie Hilliard Williams; 2. William Peters
Williams; 3. Dr. John Buxton Williams,
lives in Washington, D. C; 4. Harry Guston;
5. Mary Peters; 6. Virginia Reed, and 7.
Laura Williams, all unm.
Solomon Buxton Williams=Eva Thornton, 8
ch., viz. :
(1) Cornelia, m. John L. Henderson and died.
Her younger sister (4), Daisy Douglass then
married him. No issue.
(2) John Buxton Williams m. Emma Ward,
and have 1 son, viz. : Willard Thornton.
(3) Percy Thornton Williams.
and Their Descendants. 469
(5) Jonas Carr Williams.
(6) Susan Garnett.
(7) Hettie Grandy and
(8) Alice Vaiden Williams.
4-8 William Henry Williams = 1st wife, Aphia
Taylor. Issue :
1. Dau. Aphia, who married, 1st, — Young, and
have issue. Married 2d, — Palmer, and
have issue.
2d wife, Lucy Perry, had no children.
17 Samuel Williams^ Mary Person, 1st wife. = 2d
wife, Mary Eaton. Issue :
I. Mary Person Williams=Henry Blount
Hunter, of Martin county. Issue :
1. Samuel Hunter.
2. Asia Hunter=Thomas G. Plum-
mer. Issue.
3. Wra. Blount Hunter married, and
d. s. p.
4. Henry Blount Hunter, Jr.=Car-
oline M. Patterson, and have
issue.
II. Martha Eaton Williams = Dr. John
Brodie. Issue :
I. Sam'l Wms. Brodie = Evelina
Perry. Issue :
1. Elisabeth Brodie = Dr.
— Webb.
2. Caroline Brodie = Jo-
seph Green.
II. John H. Brodie = Harriet
Ligon. Issue :
1. Charles Brodie =
Taylor.
470 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
2. John Brodie= Tis-
dell.
3. Rowena R. Brodie, Jr.,
Nat Macon Alston.
4. Harriet— Charles Reed.
5. Martha=David Benja-
min Ballard.
6. Sarah= Robert Yarbor-
ough.
7. Mary— Aluston Alston.
8. Lucy=M. Peurifoy.
III. Rowena R. Brodie, Sr. =
Thomas Nicholas Faulcon
Alston, issue (q. v.).
IV. Martha A. R. Brodie= Captain
Charles Kennedy, C. S. army.
Issue : 1. Tripoli Kennedy.
2. Charles Kennedy, Jr.
V. Major Win. L. Brodie, C. S. A.
= Drucilla Green, and have 1
sou, Wm. Green Brodie.
VI. Charles Edward Brodie d. at 12.
III. Wm. Person Williams = 1st, Louisa
Toole, of Edgecornb county. Issue :
Samuel Geraldus Williams=Mary Hay-
wood Ruffin, and had 1 son.
— 2d wife, Hannah Martin, and had
issue :
1 dau., Louisa = Wm. Barham, of
Louisburg, and had 3 children :
1. Louisa, died. 2. William, un-
married. 3. Hannah = William
Jones Davis, and have issue : 1.
William. 2. Martin Jones. 3. Elis-
and Their Descendants. 471
abeth. 4. Richard. 5. Walter.
6. Edward.
= 3d wife, Emma Curtis, and had Frank
Williams, unm., and W T m. Haywood
Williams (d. s. p.)
Sam'l Williams, by 2d wife, Mary Eaton ;
issue.
IV. Rebecca Williams =Dr. Francis Inge
and bore :
1. Sam'l W. Inge (M. C), of Ala-
bama = Hill. He fought
duel with Stanley, moved to
California, and was attorney-
general.
2. Francis Inge, Jr.
V. John Allen Williams and 1st wife,
Charity Dawson Alston. Issue :
I. Dr. Samuel Asbury Williams
(Buffalo Sam) m. 1st Anna
Baker. M. 2d, Anna Eger-
ton. Issue :
1. John Thomas Williams d.
unm.
2. Mabel m. Keith. 3.
Samuel, unm.
4. Maria, unm. 5. Anna, and
6. Joseph.
II. Matilda=B. D. Mann. Issue:
1. Oliver D. Mann = Green.
Issue.
2. B. D. Mann, Jr.= —Parker,
at Enfield.
3. Wm. R. Mann, unm.
4. Li 11a Mann = Peter
Eleanor, at Battleboro.
472 J] [Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
5. Lizzy Man n= Joseph Carter.
Issue.
III. Thomas A. Williams = Rowena
Had well, s. p.
IV. John A. Williams, Jr., unm.
V. Martha = 1st, John Pierce;
issue 1 dau., Alice, d.
=2d husband, Richards ;
issue, 4 sons.
VI. Elisabeth = 1st, Peter D. Powell.
Issue, John C. Powell= Betty Cheek; 2
sons and 1 dau.
2d husband, Mark Duke, s. p.
VII. Mary = Thomas W. Avent, Jr. Issue:
James W. Avent = Wright ; have
6 children :
1. Varana = Jas. Terrill; issue.
2. Mary Nich Avent. 3. Hetty
Avent.
4. Sarah Arthena. 5. Charles.
6. Jonas Carr Avent.
VIII. William Alston Williams = Jane E.
Twitty; 1 son, Wm. Alston Wil-
liams, Jr. = 1st, Sallie P. Wright.
Issue :
1. John Allen=Matilda Pitts, s. p.
2. Stella Ann=John T. Duke, two
children.
3. Aurelia Jane, d. 4. Wade Hamp-
ton, d.
5. John Paul Wms.
=2d wife, Mrs. Olizenza W. Cooper
(who had by former marriage 1 dau.,
Mary E. Cooper). Issue : 1. Daisy
Bell Williams. 2. Mary Franklin.
and Their Descendants. 473
3. Thomas Alston Williams, d. 4.
Harriet E., d. 5. Matilda Roberts.
After the death of his wife, Charity,
John Allen Williams again mar-
ried Mrs. — Barclay, nee Jones, and
had issue :
1. Robert G. Williams, killed in
C. S. A.
2. Wm. Amos Williams, killed in
C. S. A.
3. Rebecca Cooke.
He married 3d, Mrs. Caroline Irwin.
18 Mary Williams=Wm. Eaton. Issue :
I. Tempie Eaton=Lunsford L. Alsabrook, and
had 1 son, Jacob E. Alsabrook.
II. Minerva Eaton d. unm.
III. Mary Harriet Eaton=Alexander H.
Falconer, 1828. (Clerk of Circuit Court,
Greene county, Ala., for several successive
terms) and had issue :
I. William Falconer, and
II. Robert Falconer, never married.
III. Alexander H. Falconer, jR.=lst,
Emma Lewis. Issue :
1. J Lewis Falconer, and
2. Alex. H. Faloner.
=2d wife, Mary Proctor. Issue :
1. Carrie M. 2. Lula Alston, and
3. James S. Falconer.
IV. Minerva=Rev. J. M. Patton, M. E.
Church, South. Issue :
1. James M. Patton, and
2. Joseph E. Patton, d. unm.
3. Mamie Eaton — Wm. R. Lee,
474 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
1877, and d. leaving 2 sons,
Murphy and Marshall Lee.
4. Sallie Murphy =Dr.D.S. Brock-
way, 1885, and d. s. p.
V. Mary \Villiams=Hev. James M.
< Patton, as 2d wife ; issue :
5. Mittie E.=Wm. A. Scales, and
died Oct. 1898, leaving 4
small children, viz.: Nettie,
Patton, Willie T. and John.
6. Estelle R. died, at. 19.
7. Emma Nannie.
8. Carrie Hamilton.
9. Ernest Williams Patton.
10. Mattie Lee.
11. Annie Brockway.
VI. Bettie Falconer=W. E. Apple-
gate. Issue :
1. Willie married
2. Mamie Kate.
3. Hamilton.
4. Bessie, and
5. Eddie Perry.
VII. Samuel E. Falconer died unm. in 1891.
VIII. John Falconer died unm.
IV. William, and
V. Maria Eaton, died unm.
VI. Dr. Samuel W. Eaton=Lucy Brown, and had
1 son, Lafayette Brown.
VII. Elisabeth Eatox= Dr. Edward Fa ulcon,
and have 3 daughters, viz. : Eugenia,
Mary and Bettie.
VIII. Catherine Eaton=Col. Charles Eaton. No
issue.
IX. BejamiD, and
and Their Descendants. 475
X. Henry Eaton, d. unm.
XI. Rebecca Eaton, unm.
19 Tempie Boddie Williams = George Tunstall.
I. Samuel Wms Tdnsta ll=Annie Tunstall
(1st cousins.) Issue:
1. Ella Tunstall = Hon. Lindsay
Shoemaker, of Danville, Ya. Issue :
(1) Anna W. Shoemaker.
(2) Ella Lea Shoemaker.
(3) Tunstall Shoemaker.
II. Nathaniel Richard Tunstall=Martha
Harrison. Issue : 2 daughters.
III. Mary Emily Tunstall=John "W". Hunt.
Issue :
(1) John Hunt, and
(2) Lavalett Hunt.
IV. George Tunstall, Jr. = Mrs. Frances
Russell, nee Clanton. Issue :
(1) Mary died young.
(2) George W. Tunstall, killed in
C. S. Army.
(3) Laudon Clanton Tunstall died
num., 1883.
(4) Martha Frances Tunstall =Elijah
Petit, s. p.
(5) Nathaniel Richard Tunstall=An-
nie M. Hudgins. Issue :
(1) Frances Clanton Tunstall,
b. 1873.
(2) John Randolph Tunstall,
b. 1875; d. 1878.
(3) Whitmel Pugh Tunstall,
b. 1879.
V. Elisabeth Barker Tunstall=Nathan Pat-
476 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
terson, of Franklin county, N. C. Issue :
(1) Dr. Francis Pugh Patterson, of
Petersburg, Va. = Mrs. Mary
Rives.
(2) Caroline M. Patterson — Henry
Blount Hunter.
(3) Marianne S. Patterson = lst, Pey-
ton Randolph Tunstall.
=2d, James T. Pope.
(4) Elisabeth Barker Patterson =
James Turner.
VI. Lucy H. Tunstall=Hugh Ceeighton, of
Brunswick county, Ya. Issue :
1. Sarah Creighton = James Dent.
Issue.
2. Yirginia Creighton= Philip Gus-
ton Alston, of Warren county.
3. Hugh Randolph Creighton.
VII.^Tempie Wms. Tunstall, was 1st wife of Dr.
Wm. R. King, of Louisburg ; and his 2d
wife was Mrs. Jones Fuller, mother of Ed-
win W. Fuller (the author). Issue :
1. Mary Tunstall King.
2. Wm. J. King=PattieS. Sills.
Issue :
1. Tempie Lou King.
2. Gray Richmond King.
3. Martha Long King.
3. Dr. Joel E. King=Bettie D.
Massenburg. Issue :
1. Laura Jane King.
2. Marion Norwood King.
3. Nora Lillington King.
4. Dr. Robert Edward King=
Della Pope Hunter (cousins).
Issue:
and Their Descendants. 477
1. Robert Edward King, Jr.
2. Mary Tunstall King.
VIII. Peyton Randolph Tunstall (attorney) d. unm.
S Col. Joseph John Williams, youngest son of Sam-
uel Williams= Elisabeth Alston (dau. of John
Alston, of England), was a member of the Provis-
ional Congress that met at Halifax, April 4th,
1776, and May 11th, 1776, appointed one of the
committee of safety for the State and was member
of the legislature from Halifax Co., in 1777. He
died 1818. His will was dated Feb. 15, 1816.
Was 1st married to Rosannah Connor who
bore him
46 I. Martha Williams=lst, Henry Hill ; 2d, Dr.
Samuel Thorne. Issue (q. v.).
47 II. Joseph John Williams, Jr.=Elisabeth Nor-
fleet Hunter Williams. Issue (q. v.).
III. Henry Williams (no other record).
IV. Elisabeth Williams (no other record).
4.8 V. Rosannah Connor Williams=Dr. Jessee N.
Faulcon, issue, (q. v.).
He married as 2d wife, Elisabeth Al-
ston, dau. of Philip Alston=Elisabeth
Whitmel, who bore him
49 VI. Winifred Whitmel Williams=lst, James
Harris, d. s. p.; 2d, James Harris, (cousin of
above), son of Eli Harris=Alice Bell,
issue (q. v.).
VII. Catherine Williams= Heath (no farther
record).
50 VIII. William Williams (Pretty Billy) =4 times
and issue (q. v.).
51 IX. Elisabeth Williams=Hon. Lemuel James
478 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
Alston (1st wife), son of Solomon Alston,
Jr.=Sarah, issue (q. v.).
His sod, William Williams, was his execu-
tor.
w± f Gideon Alston,
Witnesses : < ,,, t> •
( Khesa Kead.
4.6 Martha WiLLiAMS=lst, Henry Hill; 2d, Dr. Sam-
uel Thorne.
I. Joseph John Hill, killed by fall from horse
in early man hoed.
II. Henry Hill Thorne = Elisabeth Williams
(first cousins), s. p., and after his death his
widow married Dr. Joseph Drake and had
1 ch. who died in infancy.
III. Samuel Thorne, Jr., d. unm.
IV. William Williams Thorne=Tempie Wil-
liams Davis. Issue:
I. Wm. Henry Thorne=Martha
Jane Alston, dau. of Major Al-
fred Alston and Mary A. Plummer.
Issue :
1. Mabbett Thorne d. y. ; 2.
Lucy Davis Thorne ; 3. Mar-
tha Davis Thorne ; 4. Anna ;
5. Samuel ; 6. Wm. Henry
Thorne, Jr. ; 7. Eudora ; 8.
Mary W. T. 9. Tempie Leila ;
10. Susan L.
II. Martha E. Thorne = Thomas W.
Nicholson, 11 children:
1. Henry W. Nicholson, killed in
C. S. A., 1865, at Petersburg.
2. Guilford Nicholson = B e tti e
Winter, of Miss.
and Their Descendants. 479
3. Ed Thome Nicholson, C. S. A. ,
killed at Petersburg.
4. Thomas W. Nicholson, Jr.,
drowned in youth.
5. Edmund P. N. d. s. p.
6. Sarah M.=John M. Hobson,
and have 1 dau., Martha
Thomas Hobson.
7. Samuel Thorne Nicholson.
8. Joseph W. Nicholson = Alice
Eudora Clark (1st cousin).
9. Mason Wiggins Nicholson.
10. James M. Nicholson, drowned
after leaving college.
11. Anna Thorne Nicholson.
III. Anna Maria Thorne=Gen. David
Clark, of Halifax Co. Issue:
1. Col. Walter Clark, C. S. A.
Susan Washington Gra-
ham, dau. of Hon. W. A.
Graham, and have issue:
1. Susan Washington Clark.
2. David Clark.
3. Wm. Alexander Graham
Clark.
4. Anna Thome Clark, (d).
2. David Clark, Jr., and 3. Sam-
uel Thorne Clark, d. y.
4. L. Mabbit Clark=Frank C.
Ballard, and have 1 son, Da-
vid Clark Ballard.
5. Anne L. Clark.
6. Ed Thorne Clark==Margaret
Lillington, and have 1 son,
Edward Lillington Clark.
480 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
7. Alice Eudora Clark=Joseph
W. Nicholson, (q. v.).
8. Henry Norfleet Clark.
9. Martha Thorne Clark=Robert
B. Patterson, and have 1 son,
Henry N. Patterson.
10. Lucy Nicholson Clark.
11. Sarah L. H. Clark.
12. David, and 13. Mary White,
d.y.
IV. Mary E. Mabbett Thorne=Kemp
Plummer Alston, (q. v.), son of
Major Alfred Alston and Mary A.
Plummer.
V. Samuel T. Thorne=Mary Whit-
mel Harris. Issue :
1. Tempie W. Thorne.
2. Silas Owens Thorne.
3. Annie B.
4. Nina B.
5. Samuel T. and 6. Thomas
Whitmel Harris Thorne.
VI. Edward Alston Thorne=Alice M.
Harris. Issue:
1. Tempie Thorne, 2d wife of Jo-
seph Towns, whose 1st wife
was Caroline Branch, s. p.
2. William Henry Thorne, and
3. James Harris Thorne, d. y.
4. Martha Helen Thorne=Capt.
Silas Owens, ot Oxford, Miss.
5. Elisabeth Harris Thorne.
6. Edward Alston Thorne, Jr.
7. Thomas Harris Thorne.
8. Mary Thorne.
9. Buxton Thcrne.
31 al
and Their Descendants. 481
VII. Tempie Davis Thome = 1st, Samuel
Johuson Clark.
2d, Hon. John Buxton Williams
(q. v.).
VIII. Lucy E. Thorne = Blake Baker
Nicholson. Issue:
(1) Tempie=Erasmus A. Daniel,
and have 2 sons :
Erasmus A. Daniel, Jr.,
and Blake Baker Daniel.
(2) Dr. Samuel Thorne Nichol-
son = Anne Lucas, of
Beaufort, N. C. Issue:
1. David Lucas Nichol-
son, d. y.
2. John Nicholson.
3. Blake Baker N., d. y.
4. Lucile.
(3) Dr. John T. Nicholson. (4)
Ida Mabbett Nicholson.
(5) Thomas. (6) Blake Baker N.,
Jr. (7) Plummer N.
(8) Mary B. (9) Willie N. (10)
Lucile E. (11) KateN.
IX. John Davis Thorne — Kate M.
Thompson, of Louisiana. Issue:
(1) Samuel Thorne, d. y. (2)
Henry Hill Thorne.
(3) Addie Thorne. (4) William.
(5) Frank. (6) John Davis
Thorne, Jr.
X. ^ l Eudora Thorne, born Dec. 4, 1838,
Alfred Alston, son of Major
Alfred Alston ; for issue, q. v.
XL Archibald Davis Thorne, d. y.
482 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
Children of
V. Elisabeth Williams Thorne = Dr. Benj.
Ballard :
(1) Beoi.T^orne Ballard Martha Wil-
liams ; 8 children.
2) Dr. Wm. Henry Ballard = Mary
Whitmel Pugh ; 5 children.
47 I. Joseph John Williams, Jr. = Elisabeth
Norfleet Hunter Wms.
Elisha Williams, of Roanoke = Sarah Josie.
Issue : William, Josiah, Elisha, and
Elisabeth who m. the above Joseph John
Williams, Jr., and bore 3 children : (1)
Jas. Connor Wms. d. in boyhood. (2) Jo-
seph John (3d). (3) Elisabeth Alston Wms.
who m. 1st Henry Thorne, s. p., and 2d m.
Dr. Nicholas J. Drake, and had 1 ch. who
died in infancy.
After the death of Joseph John Williams, Jr.,
his widow, Elisabeth, m. Hon. Leni'l James
Alston as 2d wife, but had no issue by this
second marriage.
The children of Joseph John (3d) and Mary
Kearney Davis his wife (the daughter of
Archibald Davis and Elisabeth Hilliard),
were :
I. Jos. John Williams, 4th, who died unm. while
at college.
II. Dr. Thomas Calvin Williams = Virginia
Pryor Boyd. Issue :
(1) Mary Boyd— Thomas Tillery. (2) Lucy
Ellen Williams. (3) Thomas C. Wil-
liams.
and Their Descendants. 483
Dr. Thos. C Williams=lst Alice Faul-
con. Issue one ch., Jessie Faulcon.
M. 2nd, Sallie Gillam, of Bertie, s. p.
III. Mary Elisabeth m. Dr. Peter B. Hawkins.
Issue :
(1) Mary Davis. (2) Lucy Wms. (3) Elis-
abeth. (4) Maud. (5) Annie. (6)
Joseph Warren. (7) Peter B. (8)
Thomas W. m. Sallie Vaughan, of
Murfreesboro, N. C, and have 4 chil-
dren. (9) Rufus.
IV. Lucy Eugenia m. Col. Wm. H. Polk, of Ten-
nessee (brother of President James K. Polk).
Issue :
(1) Wm. H. Polk, Jr., who m. Miss Mara-
ble, and d. s. p.
(2) Tasker Polk m. Lilia Tannahill
Jones, and have 2 children, Wm.
Tannahill Polk and Mary Tasker
Polk.
This most excellent matron, now living at Warrenton,
has quite a collection of old family portraits and other
souvenirs of the past. Among them is the military hat
worn by Gen'l Santa Anna during the Mexican war; also
the scarlet cap and cloak of Padre Jarauta (a Roman Cath-
olic Cardinal). This Padre was a guerilla chief, who upon
being pursued by the U. S. soldiers, cast away his cap and
cloak, which rendered him very conspicuous, so as to facil-
itate his escape. These were taken by Col. Polk, who was
in pursuit at the time, and brought home as a trophy of
the war, together with Santa Anna's hat.
48 Rosa Connor Williams = Dr. Jesse N. Faulcon.
I. Lucretia Faulcon = Col. Daniel B.
Allen. Issue :
484 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
(1) Christopher Blake Allen= — Alston;
10 children ; went South. Their
daughter, Pattie, m. Tillery.
(2) Martha Allen = Alston, s. p. ;
went South.
(3) Anne Allen = John Laurence,
of Scotland Neck, N. C. Issue,
Mamie and Willie Laurence.
II. Elisabeth Williams Faulcon d. unm. at 20 yrs.
III. John Faulcon = 1st, Nancy Parke Eaton.
= 2d, Mary Jenkins, half sisters, s. p.
IV. Isaac Faulcon = 1st, Martha Falconer.
= 2d, Mrs. Fannie Clanton. Issue :
(1) James A. Faulcon = — Alston ; issue.
(2) Robert Faulcon = Owens and
have 1 dau., who m. Hines.
(3) Jesse Faulcon — Maria Vesuvia
Brown. Issue :
1. Walter Faulcon.
2. Alice = Thomas C. Williams
(cousins).
3. Jessie Faulcon.
4.9 Winifred Whitmel Williams=James Harris.
Issue :
I. William Henry Harris=1si, Matilda
Alston, daughter of Gideon Alston and
Frances Atherton. No issue.
2d wife, Margaret Scales, of Tennessee.
Issue :
1. Thomas Whitmel Harris.
2. Sarah Harris=Col. Conner.
II. Jos. John Harris d. unm., 21 years of age.
III. Thomas Whitmel Harris, of Panacea
Springs, = Martha Helen Hardee
and Their Descendants. 485
Kearney, dau. of Win. Kinchen Kear-
ney and Maria (Alston) his wife. Issue :
(1) Alice M. Harris = Edward A.
Thorne, of Halifax.
(2) Elisabeth Matilda =Da vid Clarke,
of Enfield, N. C.
(3) James Wms. Harris, unra.
(4) Ozella=Capt, A. B. Bartlett, of
Kentucky.
(5) Cornelia = Col. Silas Owens, of
Mississippi.
(6) Henry Ferdinand Harris = 1st,
Anne Foule, of Washington,
D. C.
=2d, Minnie Wiggins, of North
Carolina, issue, 1 son, Willis
Blount Hill Harris.
(7) Mary Whitinel Harris = Sam'l
T. Thorne, of North Carolina.
(8) Jos. John Williams Harris=Ro-
berta Wiggins, and lives in
Raleigh.
(9) Thomas Whitmel Harris, unm.
(10) William Kearney Harris, d. s. p.
(11) James Norfleet Harris = Linda
Roach, of Mississippi.
Eli Harris = Alice Bell. Issue :
1. Mildred, b. Oct. 9, 1773.
2. James, b. Nov. 13, 1775 = Winifred Whitmel, dau. of Jos.
Jno. Williams = Elisabeth Alston."
3. West, b. April 7, 1777.
4. Blount, b. Jan. 6, 1779.
5. Thomas, b. — , 1782.
6. Howe, b. April 3, 1785.
7. Mary, b. Nov. 23, 1787.
8. Henry, b. Dec. 9, 1789.
9. Ins, b. April 7, 1792.
10. John, b. March 15, 1795.
486 Samuel and Elisabeth (Alston) Williams
IV. Rosa Williams Harris = William
Branch, half brother to Gov. Branch.
Issue :
(1) Norwood Branch.
(2) Caroline Branch.
(3) Thomas Branch.
(4) Julia Branch, and
(5) Mary Branch.
SO William Williams (Pretty Billy) =Elisabeth Alston
(dau. of Samuel Alston ^Elisabeth Faulcon).
Issue :
I. Gen'l Samuel A. Williams=Sallie Haw-
kins (dau. of Col. Joseph Hawkins=:
Martha Hardee Alston) and have 1 dau.,
Sallie Williams, who married Nicholas
Long, Jr., and their son, William W T illiams
Long, married 1st, Sallie Mason, of North-
ampton, and 2d, s, p.
William Williams' 2d wife was Elisabeth Matilda
Alston (dau. of Lt. Col. William Alston =Mar-
tha Hardee) s. p.
= 3d wife, Malissa Burges. Issue :
Malissa E. M. Williamsr=John Joseph
Long, and have
(1) Ellen W r illiams=Gen'l Junius
Daniel, C. S. A. s. p.
(2) Emily— — Conningland, s. p.
(3) John Joseph Long=Sallie Rid-
ley, of Virginia. Issue:
1. Nannie Williams Long.
2. John Joseph Long, Jr.
3. Robert Ridley Long.
4. Willie Williams Long=
— Faucett, and has 1 dau.
and Their Descendants. 487
Ellen Daniel Faucett, who
married and has 1 daughter.
=4th wife, Delia Bryan, who 1st married — Hay-
wood, and had no issue, and whose 2d
husband was Wm. Williams, to whom
she bore 2 children : 1. Col. Jos. John
Williams, of Tallahassee, Fla., who m.
Eliza Helen Thompson, and 2. Eleanor
Elisabeth, who died in 1844.
Delia Bryan surviving her 2d husband, afterward mar-
ried Hon. George E. Badger.
Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney. 489
In Thy Name Armen, This sixteenth day of Aug. one
thousand seven Hundred & Sixty-Four.
I, Thomas Kearney, of Halifax Co., in the Province of
North Carolina, being sick, in low body, though in perfect
mind & memory, thanks be to God for same, re-calling to
mind the mortality of my body, & the knowledge that it
is appointed for all men to die, Do make & ordain this
my last Will, & Testament, is to say principally first of all,
I commend my soul to the mighty God who gave me my
body, the last to be buried in a christian-like manner.
I give & bequeath to my loving Wife Sarah Kearney,
three negroes, that is Sharper Ducken, & his two sons ;
Two of the old work horses ; & half of all my Furniture.
2d. I give & bequeath to my loving Son Edmond Kear-
ney, Four negroes fellows, Sampson, Cato, Pompi, Lowns,
which he has now in his possession, Hariet.
3d. I give & bequeath to my loving Son Phillip Kearney,
the plantation, whereon I now live, with all the land ad-
joining same, belonging in principle to his heirs forever,
leaving the use of the Mannor Plantation, with the land
adjoining it on the north side, Beaver Dam swamp, & east
side Mill swamp, to my Wife Sarah Kearney during her
natural life.
I also give, to my aforesaid son Phillip Kearney, six ne-
groes, Jack, Brutus, Kingley, Cyrus, Anakee, Gee, that is
now in his quarters, in his possession, also all the negroes,
at the home plantation, that is not already bequeathed, to
my son Phillip, his heirs & assigns.
I also give & bequeath to my son Phillip Kearney, his
Heirs & Assignees, all my stock, cattle, horses, hogs, &c,
the one-half of all my household goods, after my just debts
are paid.
490 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
I also bequeath to my son Phillip Kearney, all the residue
of my estate, real or personal, in whatsome ever it may be
found, to him, his heirs & assignees forever. I do by these
present, appoint my son Phillip Kearney to be sole Executor
of this my last Will & Testament. I do hereby revoke
all & every other Will by me formally made, certifying,
confirming this & no other to be my last Will. Witnessed
whereunto I set my Lord's seal, the day and year before
written.
Thomas Kearney.
Signed, Sealed, Probated this Thomas Kearney, last
Will & Testament in presence of us the subscribed, that is
to say Will book No. 1, P. 146.
Joseph Williams Hannly.
James Kilpatrick,
Archibald Huston.
This indenture, made the Twenty-fifth day of March, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and
forty-nine, & in the twenty-second year of the reign of our
Loving Lord, George, the second, By the Grace of God,
of great Britain, &c.
Between the right Houorable John Earl Granville, Vis-
count, &c, of the one part, & Thomas Kearney, of Edge-
combe County, in the Province of North Carolina, of the
other part, whereas &c, This indenture witnesseth, That
as well for & in consideration, of the sum of three shillings
proclamation money, to the said John Earl Granville, in
hand paid, by the said Thomas Kearney, at or before the
ensealing & delivering of these present, the receipt whereof
the said Earl doth hereby acknowledge, &c, he the said
Earl hath given, granted, bargained, sold, & confirmed, <fe
by these present, Doth give, grant, bargain, sell & confirm
unto said Thomas Kearney, his heirs tfc assigns for ever, all
that piece & parcel of land, situated, lying & being in the
and Their Descendants. 491
Parish of & county of Edgecomb, in the province of North
Carolina, in America, on the east side the Beaver Dam
Swamp, beginning at a Pine, Joseph John Alston's corner,
then along his line N. 50et, one hundred & twenty-seven
poles, to a red oak, then N. SOivt Eighty to a red oak, in
Edmond Kearney's line, then along his line South 40wt
one hundred & forty-eight poles to a Sweet Gum, Kearney's
Corner on the swamp, then down the swamp to the first
station two hundred acres, of land, all which premises, are
more particularly described & set forth in the plan or map
thereof, Have & to hold, &c, Be it remembered, &c.
Signed E. Moseley & Seal.
Benj. Wynne,
John Alston.
Edgecombe Co., Feby. Court, 1756. This deed of sale,
was in open Court duly proven by the oath of Benj. Wynns,
Gent., & on motion ordered to be registered.
Test Jos. Montfort,
Clerk Court.
..!
State of North Carolina,
Halifax C
I, Frank Brinkley, Reg. of Deeds in and for the County
of Halifax, State of North Carolina, do hereby certify, that
the above deed is a true and correct as appears on records
in this office.
Recorded by order of the Court, Feb'y, 1756. Book
No. 2. Page 385.
This May 31st, 1893.
Sig. Frank Brinkley,
Reg. Deeds.
k Thomas Kearney=Sarah Alston.
It is not known w 7 hen these parties were married,
although it was most probably not later than
1730-2. Nor is it known when he came to
492 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
the colony, or whether he came alone or with
others of the name. We find at Hampton, in
1713, a merchant named Edmond Kearney, con-
tributing to the relief and maintenance of a
clegyman in Albemarle county, and whose
brother, Micheal Kearney, had obtained a pat-
ent for 640 acres of land at Cassia in 1717.
Thomas Kearney naming his eldest son Ed-
mond would seem to indicate that there might
be a near connection between them. Family
tradition states that he was a youuger son of an
Irish earl, educated for the ministry, and was
an Episcopal clergyman. Of this we are lack-
ing in positive proof. The family have their
coat of arms. The first public record we have
of Thomas Kearney was as grand juror in
Chowan, April 1st, 1731, at the same time
with Henry Guston. In June, 1739, he was
appointed Justice of the Peace for his county,
and then made Sheriff", at the same time with
John Dawson. In April, 1745, he obtained a
patent for land in Edgecombe. In April, 1752,
he was member of the Assembly and appointed
on a committee to examine and settle public
accounts, John Dawson being on the committee
with him. In 1753, he witnessed the signing
of the will of Samuel Williams, and March,
1764, appointed one of the executors of will
of Charity Dawson, and in August, 1764, he
died. Of their issue :
1 I. Edmond Kearney'=Sarah Brothers.
We have not been able to trace her
family ancestry. Issue, (q. v.)
2 II. Philip Kearney=Elisabeth Kinchen,
dau. of William Kinchen, Jr.=Mary
Dawson.
and Their Descendants. 493
Edmond Kearney (will dated June 29th, 1794;
probated Nov. 1794)=Sarah Brothers (will
dated Sept. 22d, 1806; probated Nov. 1814).
Issue :
I. Mary= — Harris, and had 2 children :
1. Edward Harris.
2. Sarah, who m. — Williams.
II. Sarah m. James Alston, son of Solomon, Sr.
(q. v.) After the death of his wife,
James Alston m. Sally Hawkins, nee Ma-
con, (q. V.)
III. James Kearney = — Mayfield (?) and
had issue :
(1) Edmond Kearney=Mary Davis.
Issue :
1. Henderson Kearney, unm.
2. Betsy= John P. Searin. Issue :
Zachariah, Peter, Mollie, Pattie
and Ophelia.
3. Ann Rebecca=Buckner Eaton,
(q.v.)
4. Amanda =Samuel Davis. Issue:
Kobert and Minnie Davis.
5. Thomas Kearney, unm.
6. Jane=Dr. William Hooper. Is-
sue : Edward, Louisa, Florence
and James Hooper.
7. Martha=Henry Egerton, Is-
sue : 2 children.
8. Matilda = Lindsey Price, and
had issue : Mary, Matilda and
Hugh Davis Price.
(2) Polly Kearney=Z. Snow, and
had issue :
1. James SnowmMary Davis.
494 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
2. John Snow = — Palmer, and
had issue.
3. Martha=John Smith, and had
issue.
4. Frankie = — Shields, and had
issue.
(3) Patsy Kearney=Wm. Clanton,
and had issue :
1. Robert Clanton = Anna Day,
and had issue.
2. Susan=Joyner, and had issue.
3. Isabel = Wm. Thornton, and
had issue.
(4) Emily Kearney=Nicholas Long,
Sr., and had issue :
1. Nicholas Long, Jr. = Sallie
Williams, and have 1 one son,
Junius.
2. Junius Long— Bettie Tucker,
issue, 2 daughters.
3. Mary married — , issueless.
4. Sallie= Aaron Preston, s. p.
5. Emily= James Gooch, issue.
(5) Richard Kearney' = — Buch-
annon, of Georgia, and had 1 son
and 1 daughter.
(6) Philip Kearney, unm.
# Philip Kearney m. Nov. 30, 1763, to Elisabeth
Kinchen ; died Oct 28, 1794 Will probated
Nov. 1794. Issue. (After his death his widow
married John Jones, s. p.)
I. Thomas Kearney, b. Dec. 1765 ; m.
Mary Smith, 1790; died Feb. 1797.
His will was probated May Court, 1797.
and Their Descendants. 495
Executors: James Alston, Joshua Perry,
Thomas Mayfield and John Lindsey, of
Halifax county. Issue :
Guston Kearney.
Philip Kearney.
Kinchen Kearney.
Elisabeth Kearney.
His widow married again.
II. Mary Kearney, b. Aug. 9, 1767 ; d.
June 20, 1771.
III. Elisabeth, born May 20, 1769 ; died May
22, 1863; m. Dec. 1, 1790, to Major
Wm. Williams, son of Capt. Solomon
Williams and Tempie (Boddie) (</. v.)
IV. Martha, b. Feb. 22, 1771, and died April
1852; m. June 1, 1791, to Joseph
John Alston (Chatham Jack), (q. v.)
V. Sarah, born March 21, 1774; m. April
30, 1796, to Rev. John Lindsay. (No
record).
VI. Temperance, born Sept. 27, 1777, and
died April 1, 1780.
VII. Henry Guston Kearney, b. Feb. 28, 1779;
married Lucy Grey, went to Arkansas,
and left 1 son.
VIII. Priscilla, b. April 30, 1781; m. Lewis
Alston Williams, sou of Samuel and
Charity Alston (Dawson) Williams.
(q. v.)
IX. Polly Dawson, b. May 9, 1783; m. —
Hunter.
X. Wm. Kinchen Kearney, b. Aug. 1, 1785;
d. Jan. 25, 1869 ; m. July 16, 1810, to
Benjamin Hardee James Maria Alston,
daughter of Lt. Col. Wm. Alston and
496 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
Martha (Hardee) his wife ; born Dec.
25, 1793 ; died July 15, 1883. Issue,
(q. v.)
S William Kinchen Kearney = Benj. Hardee
Jas. Maria Alston. Issue :
I. Whitrnel H. A. Kearney=Polly Alston,
daughter of Philip Alston= Elisabeth
Whitmel Williams Johnson, issue, one
child, who died in infancy.
II. Mary Ann Eliza Kinchen Kearney
=lst, Conrad Boyd. Issue :
Conrad and Virginia Boyd.
= 2d husband, — Arrington. Issue :
1. Virginia Arrington = Thomas
Williams, of Warrenton, N. C.
2. Mary Arriugton=Thomas Til-
ling.
3. Ellen Arrington.
4. Thomas Arrington — 1st, —
Faulcon.
= 2d, — Gilliam.
III. Elisabeth Matilda Alston Kearney,
born Feb. 27th, 1815 ; died Nov. 6th,
1867 ; = John Somerville, and had
7 children.
The following remarks written after her death will serve
to illustrate the character of this most estimable matron:
" The good and great in heart and mind, wherever born or bred,
are the true nobility of our race."
The extraordinary position which Mrs. Somerville
filled in the community in which she lived, claims for her
a record to which few of her sex, in this or any other
country, were ever entitled. Possessing in an eminent de-
and Their Descendants. 497
gree those qualities and virtues which have ever been the
distinguishing characteristics in the nobility of woman, she
had an influence in society, which was known and felt by
all save herself. Indeed, one of her most remarkable
traits was a modesty and humility that caused her to be
always undervaluing herself, for, though her judgment
was of the best, and she had good experience of persons
and things, yet she seemed to know nothing of it, and like
a fair taper, while she shiued to all the room, she cast a
shadow and a cloud round her own actions. But the per-
fectness of her prudence and excellent parts could not be
hid, and all her humility and acts of concealment but
served to make her virtues more amiable and illustrious.
One of Mrs. Somerville's school teachers in a letter of
condolence to her daughters, after paying their deceased
mother many high compliments, concluded by' say-
ing that she had known her as a child, as a school girl,
when she had grown up to womanhood, that she had after-
wards been with her in her own home, when she was wife,
mother, and mistress, and that she had never known her
to do an imprudent act, or be guilty of an impropriety.
This amiability and respectability entitle her to rank
first among the female worthies of this or any other
country.
Her house was a school of Christian goodness in which
piety, virtue, and all the liberal offices of hospitality were
studied by every individual of the family. No wrang-
ling or intemperate language was ever heard there, each
performed his duty with cheerfulness and alacrity. In
short, the discipline of the whole household was courtesy
and benevolence.
Mrs. Somerville died leaving seven children, six daugh-
ters and one son, all grown. In the family circle they
form a delight and an ornament, and by universal con-
sent they have been assigned a position in society never
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498 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
perhaps rivaled as an example of domestic harmony and
love.
Mrs. Somerville possessed a command over her passions
and a constant sweetness and serenity of temper which
neither age nor misfortune could ruffle or sour. Her face,
her actions, her gait, seemed somewhat more than mortal.
She was full of graces, nothing was so soft as her look,
so modest as her carriage, so touching as the sound of
her voice. An air of tenderness and of gaiety breathed
around her, but so pure, and so happily tempered, as to
inspire every beholder with the sentiments of virtue. She
was as chaste as the spangled dewdrop of the morn. From
all malice and personal prejudices she was entirely free,
and on all occasions expressed an aversion to satire. In-
deed, it is very much to be doubted whether the oldest and
most intimate of her friends ever knew her to make an
envious or ill-natured reflection on any person upon earth.
Detraction seemed to her an inhuman vice for which no
wit could atone. She delighted in the praise of others,
and took pleasure in doing justice to merit. If com-
pelled to reprove, gentleness and delicacy softened her
reprehension. She never dictated to others, or arrogated
to her own sentiments any deference or respect.
Mrs. Somerville was a managing woman ; a managing
woman is a pearl among women. She was one of the prizes
in the lottery of life, and the man who draws such a wo-
man may rejoice the balance of his days. Better than
riches, she is a fortune in herself; a gold mine never fail-
ing in its yield, a spring of pleasant waters whose banks
are fringed with moss and flowers when all around is dry
and sterile sand.
But that which we wish to notice more particularly in
Mrs. Somerville, and in which she was an example to all
women, is this. She had a love so great for her husband,
and w r as entirely given up to a dear affection for him that
and Their Descendants. 499
she thought the same thing, loved the same thing, breathed
in his soul, lived in his presence, and languished in his
absence. All that she was or did was for him and to
make him happy. He was the light of her eyes and the
cordial of her spirits ; the guide of all her actions and the
measure of her affections, until her love for him rose and
grew into a religion, and was confederate with those other
duties which made it dear to her Maker, a rare com-
bination of duty and religion, and we will express in the
words of Solomon, u She forsook not the guide of her
youth nor broke the covenant of her God."
As she was a rare wife, so also was she an excellent
mother, for her spirit was so tender, her kindness to her
children so great, that there hath seldom been seen a
stricter and more evident care of their persons, their de-
portment, their nature, their disposition, their learning,
and their customs. She had little of the form and out-
side of godliness, but she was greatly careful of the power
of it, the moral, essential, and useful parts. Such made
her 6e, not seem to be, religious.
Mrs. Somerville's munificence was not confined to the
place in which she lived, or to any sect or party. She
was most noble and charitable, a great lover of honorable
actions, and a great despiser of base things ; loving to
oblige others, and always unwilling to be in the arrear as
regards courtesy and liberality ; so free in all her acts of
favor that she would never stay to hear herself thanked,
being unwilling that what good went from her to a need-
ful or obliged person, should ever return to her again.
She was a true friend, and dear to many, especially to
the best and deserving persons, to all that conversed with
her and could understand her great worth, and the sweet-
ness of her disposition.
If we look on her as a wife, she was discreet, loving,
humble, pleasant and compliant, and wanted nothing to
500 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
make her principal and precedent to the best wives of the
world.
If we regard her as a mother, she was kind, careful and
prudent, very tender, a greater lover of children's souls
than of their bodies, and one who would value them more
by the strict rules of honor and worth, than by their re-
lations to herself.
Her servants found her wise and fit to govern, yet
open-handed and apt to reward; a just exactor of duty,
and a great rewarder of diligence.
She was in her house a comfort to her husband, a guide
o her children, a rule to her servants, and an example
to all.
Here in addition to what we have already said of Mrs.
Somerville's great qualities in discharging all the domestic
and social relations of life, we must be permitted to intro-
duce the description of the character of a perfect woman,
as deliniated by the great Chinese philosopher :
" Who is she that winneth the heart of man, that sub-
dueth to love, and reigneth in his breast."
" Lo, yonder she walketh in maiden sweetness, with in-
nocence in her mind and modesty on her cheek. Her
hand seeketh employment, her foot delighteth not in gad-
ding abroad. She is clothed with neatness, she is fed with
temperance, humility and meekness are as a crown circling
her head. On her tongue dwelleth music, the sweetness
of honor flows from her lips. Decency is in all her words,
in her answers are mildness and truth. Submission and
obedience are the lessons of her life, and peace and happi-
ness are her reward. Before her step walketh Prudence,
and Virtue attendeth at her right hand. Her eyes speak-
eth softness and love, but Discretion with a scepter sitteth
on her brow. The tongue of the licentious is dumb in
her presence, the awe of her virtue keepeth him silent.
When scandal is busy, and the fame of her neighbor is
and Their Descendants. 501
tossed from tongue to tongue, charity and good nature
open not her mouth, the finger of silence resteth on her
lips. Her breast is the mansion of goodness, and there-
fore she suspecteth no evil in others. Happy the man
that shall make her his wife, happy the child that shall
call her mother. She presideth in the house, and there is
peace; she commaudeth with judgment, and is obeyed.
She ariseth in the morning, she considereth her affairs,
and appointeth unto every one his proper business. The
care of her family is her whole delight; to that alone she
applieth her study, and elegance and frugality are seen in
her mausion. The prudence of her management is honor
to her husband, aud he heareth her praise with secret de-
light. She inf'ormeth the minds of her children with wis-
dom, she fashioneth their manners after the example of
her own goodness. The word of her mouth is the law of
their youth. The motion of her eye commaudeth obedi-
ence. She speaketh and her servants fly, she pointeth and
the thing is done ; for the law of love is in their hearts,
aud her kindness addeth wings to their feet. In prosperity
she is not puffed up, in adversity she healeth the wounds
of fortune with patience. The troubles of her husband
are alleviated by her counsels, and sweetened by her en-
dearments; he putteth his heart in her bosom and receiveth
comfort."
All who were acquainted with Mrs. Somerville must see
the exact similarity between her character and that of the
Philosopher's Perfect Woman. Then may it well be said,
" Happy the man who made her Avife, happy the child who
called her mother."
To a spotless soul like hers, death is nothing more than
deliverance, a passing sigh, a passage from one life to an-
other. Her soul has returned to its native heaven.
To retrace the melancholy remembrance of such a loss
was a task so overwhelming, it was truly difficult to ac-
502 Thomas, and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
complish. The writer is conscious that he was not equal
to the undertaking, but this short and simple sketch, he
dedicates to Mrs. Somerville's posterity with the hope
that whenever any of the family may look on these pages
they may be proud of a mother of qualities so exalted that
she was an honor to her children, to her sex, to her coun-
try, and to the community in which she lived.
Issue :
I. Maria Someryille= 1st, James Johnston
Alston, of Tennessee. = 2d husband,
Judge John Blair Hoge, of Martinsburg,
Va. They lived in Washington, D. C.
II. Martha Helen Someryille= John Wil-
son Cunningham. Issue:
1. John Somerville Cunningham mar-
ried Ophelia M. Carrington, of
West Florida. Issue: 1. John Wil-
son Cunningham. 2. Lottie. 3.
Helen. 4. Ophelia, and 5. Sue Cun-
ningham. <
2. Sue Somerville Cunningham.
10 3. Mattie Cunningham = Rev. Thomas
Jones Packard, of Virginia. Issue :
1. John Cunningham Packard.
2. Joseph Packard.
3. Helen.
4. Catherine Lee, and
5. Mattie Packard.
4. Maud Somerville Cunningham.
5. Alexander Cunningham.
6. William Murray Cunningham.
7. Bella Cunningham.
8. James Wilson Cunningham.
9. Herbert Bannatine, and
10. George Lumpkin Cunningham.
and Their Descendants. 503
3. James BrehanSomervil!e=Fannie Green,
of North Carolina.
4. Mary Somerville, unmarried, lives in
Warrenton. She has in her possession
an heir-loom in a gold ring, upon which
although much worn, the Alston coat of
arms is still plainly recognized.
5. Alice Brehan Somerville = Rev. Benj.
Swann Brouson, of Augusta, Me. Issue,
one son, Benj. Swann Brouson, Jr.
6. Juliet Agues Somerville never married.
7. Johnanna Josephine Somerville=
James Smith Battle, of Rocky Mount,
N. C. Issue:
1. William Smith Battle.
"I. John Somerville Battle, in U. S.
Army in Porto Rico.
3. James Smith Battle, dead.
4. Mary Dancy Battle =Lieut. Wm.
Cannon Rivers, of U. S. Army.
5. Julian Somerville Battle, lives in
Minnesota.
6. Francis Marion Somerville Battle,
in U. S. Army at Manila.
7. Maud Alston Battle.
IV. Martha Helen Hardee Kearney = Thomas
Whitmel Harris, son of James Harris= Wini-
fred Whitmel Williams, (q. v.)
V. Maria Alston Kearney = Solomon Williams,
son of Major Wm. Williams, (q. v.)
VI. Caroline Cornelia Kearney = Archi-
bald (Baldie) H. Davis, of Louisburg,
sou of Archibald Davis = Leah Hilliard.
Issue :
504 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
1. William K. Davis = Mary Kim-
brough Jones, and
2. Thomas W. Davis=Penelope Kim-
brough Jones. (Sisters, and daugh-
ters of Kimbrough Jones and
Mary "Warren).
3. Maria Davis=Edward Alston, of
Warren.
4. Lucy Davis=William Yarboro, of
Louisburg.
5. Bettie Davis=Richard Respass.
6. Rebecca Davis = Marmaduke J.
Hawkins.
VII. Valeria Virginia Kearney=Dr. Robert Edgar
Williams. (7. v.)
VIII. Sarah Thomas Kearney, died while young.
IX. Delia Haywood Kearney=Robert Clem-
ents. Issue:
1. Julian Clements Xannie Hender-
son. Issue, 3 children:
1. Delia.
2. Julia, and
3. Erskine Clements.
2. Sarah, and
3. Robert Clements, unm.
4. Maria Clements == Richard Suther-
land.
5. Whitmel Clements.
6. Elisabeth Matilda Clements.
X. Elisabeth Kinchen Kearney = Jacob
Parker, of Hertford. Issue:
1 . Eleanor Parker = Benjamin W.
Ballard, of Louisburg. Issue:
1. Eleanor.
2. Walter Ballard.
and Their Descendants. 505
3. Mattie.
4. Kate, and
5. Cornelia Ballard.
2. Walter C.T. Parker=Sallie Faulk-
ner, of Warren. Issue:
1. Jacob Parker.
2. Walter.
3. Gilmore.
4. Annie Kearney.
5. Henry, and
6. Mary Gilmore Parker.
XI. Margarette Kearney, and
XII. William Kearney, died while young.
XIII. Mary (Polly) Dawson Kearney = Alfred Als-
ton, (q. v.)
XIV. Anna Jackson Kearney = Henry Wil-
liams. Issue :
1. Lena,
2. Harry, and
3. William Kearney Williams, all
unmarried.
4. Ben. H. Jas. Maria Williams=
John Davis, and have one son,
Henry Davis.
XV. William Eleanor Kearney=Gov. Elias
Carr, of Edgecomb. Issue:
1. William Kearney Carr = Marina
Van Riswick, of Washington, D. C.
2. John Buxton Carr.
3. Elias Carr, Jr.
4. Eleanor, and
5. Aunie Bruce Carr, all unm.
506 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
From the Records of the Green Family of Warren
County, N. C.
The ancestors of Edward Green removed from Culpep-
per county and settled in Brunswick county, Va. Edward
married a Miss Hough. She died leaving him 10 children.
He then married a widow Turner, who had 10 children by
her former marriage. Her maiden name was Henrietta
Powell. Of her marriage with Edward Green, one child,
William Green, Sr., was born before they left Virginia,
and he had neither brother nor sister. The family settled
one and a half miles northeast of the town of Warrenton.
Edward Green died most probably about 1780.
We have the following:
William Green, born Nov. 26, 1739 ; married Sept.
25, 1760, to Mary Christmas, born July 14,
1745. Issue:
1. Ann Green, b. Nov. 22, 1761, m. John
Springer.
2. Mary Green, b. June 8, 1763, m. Gideon
Hunt Macon, 1779.
3. Solomon Green, b. May 30, 1765, m.
Fannie Hawkins.
4. Burchett Green, b. Jan. 19, 1767, m.
Seymour Ransom.
5. Betsy Green, b. May 26, 1769, d. num.
6. Susanna Green, b. March 19, 1771, d.
unmarried.
7. William Green, b. Aug. 22, 1772, m.
Judith Anthony.
8. Sally Green, b. Sept. 26, 1774, m. Hugh
Johnson.
and Their Descendants. 507
9. John C. Green, b. Oct. 22, 1777,
m. 1st. Parthenia Hawkins. 1 Q .
2d. Delia Martin Hawkins. / blsters -
10. Lucy Green, b. Jan. 17, 1782, m. Hani-
bleton Bonner.
11. Henrietta Green, b. May 24, 1784, m.
Robert West Alston.
After the death of his wife, William Green again mar-
ried on the 7th of Jane, 1790, to Ann Hunt Alston, nee
Macon, who also died in April, 1798. He then married
the 3d time to Mary (a widow) who survived him
and died Feb., 1825. William Green died 1799.
Will of Gideon Macon.
(A Copy.)
In the name of God, Amen. I, Gideon Macon, of county
of Granville, and province of North Carolina, being sick
and weak, but of a sound and disposing mind and mem-
ory, thanks be to Almighty God for the same. Calling to
mind the uncertain time of certain death, Do make this
my last Will and Testament, in manner and form follow-
ing : That is to say, First, I bequeath my soul to God that
gave it, trusting in the Advocacy and Mediatorship of my
ever blessed Lord and Savior Christ for remission of all
my past offenses, and my body I commit to the earth, to
be decently interred at the direction of my Exo's, herein-
after mentioned. And as to such worldly estate which
hath pleased Almighty God to bestow on me, I give and
dispose thereof as follows, to wit :
Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my Son, Harrison
Macon, four hundred acres of land, lying and being on the
North side of Tarr River, to him and his heirs forever.
508 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
Item. I give and bequeath to my Son, John Macon, all
that part of my tract of land lying and being on both
sides of Shocko Creek, below the Court house road, to him
and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Sou, Nathaniel Macon,
all the remainder part of the above said tract of laud, lying
and being on both sides of Shocko Creek and above the
said Court House road. I likewise give to my said son
five hundred acres of land, lying and being on both sides
of Hobquarter Creek. I likewise give to my said Son
my black smith's tools at the decease of my loving Wife,
Priscilla Macou, to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Son, Gideon Macon,
all my land and plantation whereon I now dwell, to him
and his heirs forever.
Item. My "Will and desire is that iu case either of my
above mentioned sons, Harrison, Johu, Nathaniel, or Gid-
eon, should die without issue, lawfully begotten of their
bodies, that theu my desire is that the afore mentioned
tract or tracts of land shall be equally divided between
my said sons that shall be then living.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Anne All-
stone, the four Negroes that she has already in her posses-
sion, to wit. : Will, Raudle, Joe, Amey, and Frederick
that now sucks Aggey, to her aud her heirs forever.
Item. I give aud bequeath to my daughter, Sallie
Macon, the following Negroes, to wit: Will, Ben and
Dinah, to her aud her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Martha
Macon, the three following Negroes, to-wit: Jacob, Jemmy,
and Tabb, to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Macon,
and Their Descendants. 509
three Negroes, to wit : Harry, Roben and Darcus, to her
and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to ray Son, Harrison Macon,
two negro boys, to wit : Stephen and Terry, and one Ne-
gro Wench named Cate, to hira and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Son, John Macon, two
Negro boys, named Peter aud Gloster, and one Negro girl
named Lydea, to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Son, Nathaniel Macon,
two Negro boys named George and Bobb, aud one Negro
girl named Lucy, to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give aud bequeath to my son, Gideon Macon,
two Negro boys named Sam and Toney, and one Negro
girl named Phebe, to him aud his heirs forever.
Item. I give aud bequeath to my loving Wife, Priscilla
Macon, during her natural life, the use of my Mannor
plantation, with the following Negroes, to wit : Tom,
Mingo, Bell, Jenney, Patt, aud Aggey, and after her de-
cease, the sd. Negroes to be equally divided in quantity
and quality between my seven youngest children.
Item. My Will and desire is that each of my said seven
Children, as fast as they shall arrive at lawful age, that
then they receive the one eighth part of all my stock and
household furniture, of what nature or kind soever.
Item. My Will and desire is that my loving Wife shall
have and receive the profits of each of my said Children's
Legacies, until they arrive at lawful age, to receive them
towards the support and Maintainance of my said Chil-
dren.
Item. I constitute and appoint my loving Wife, Pris-
cilla Macon, Executrix, and my Son in Law John Allston,
with my friend William Johnson Exor., this my last will
and testament.
510 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this twentieth day of December, One thousand seven
hundred and Sixty one. Gideon Macon. (Seal.)
Signed, sealed, published
and declared by the sd. Gid-
eon Macon to be his last will
and testament, in presence of
us the subscribers.
John Clark.
J. Parham.
his
Joseph x J. King.
mark.
Granville Co., S. S., Feb'y Court, 1762.
This Will was proved by the Oath of James Parham
and Joseph King, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto
and ordered to be recorded. Then Priscilla Macon, John
Alston and William Johnson, the Exors. therein named,
qualified as such, which was ordered to be certified.
Teste., Sam'l McDowell.
Juvat, Exrs.
Gideon Macon=Martha — , of New Kent county.
Issue :
Gideon Macon, b. June 20th, 1682 — Pris-
cilla Jones (dau. of Edward and Abigail
(Shugan) Jones, of King and Queen county,
Va.) (q. v.) He died Dec. 1761, in Gran-
ville county, N. C. (See will.)
(Martha Macon = Orlando Jones, and was
grand mother of Martha Custis, wife of
George Washington)-.
Priscilla Jones bore to Gideon Macon 8 chil-
dren, and after his death she married James
and Their Descendants. 511
Ransom, of Virginia, to whom she bore 6
children, as follows:
I. Ann Hunt Macon=lst, Capt. John
Alston, son of Joseph John Alston.
= 2d, William Green (widower), (q.v.)
12 II. Sallie Macon = Col. John Hawkins,
son of Col. Philemon Hawkins, [q. v.)
1 III. Patty (Martha) Macon = Joseph Sea-
well. Issue {q. v.)
£ IV. Harrison Macon=Hannah Glenn. Is-
sue (q. v.)
8 V. John Macon=lst, Joanna Tabb. Is-
sue (q. v.)
— 2d, Betsy Williams.
4- VI. Nathaniel Macon =Hannah Plummer.
Issue (q. v.)
5 VII. Mary Macon=James Johnson. Issue
(q. v.)
6 VIII. Gideon Hunt Macon=lst, Mary Green.
=2d, Mary Hartwell. (q. v.)
7 IX. William Ransom — Rebecca Tabb. Is-
sue (q. V.)
X. Abigail Ransorn= Joseph Parsons, s. p.
8 XL Hixie Ransom=Martnaduke Johnson.
Issue (q. v.)
9 XII. Betsy Ransom = William Plummer.
Issue (q. v.)
10 XIII. Drusilla Ransom=lst, Frank Thorn-
ton.
= 2d, Plummer Willis. Issue (q. v.)
11 XIV. Seymour Ransom = Burchett Greene.
Issue (q. v.)
512 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
1 Joseph Seawell = Martha Macon. 7 children,
viz. :
(1) Macon.
(2) Henry.
(3) Betsy Jone.g.
(4) Gordon.
(5) Nancy Henrietta.
(6) James, and
(7) Gideon Seawell.
2 Harrison Macon=Hannah Glenn. 5 children,
viz.:
(1) Gideon.
(2) Polk Fuller.
(3) Nathaniel Macon.
(4) Priscilla Macon = — McKee.
(5) Nancy Macon= — Jones.
S John Macon= Joanna Tabb. 7 children, viz. :
(1) George \V.
(2) Priscilla J.
(3) William H.
(4) Mary Macon=lst, — Hunt, and 2d,
Thomas Craighead.
(5) John Tabb,
(6) Sophrouia, and
(7) Gabriel Long Macon.
By 2d wife, Betsy Williams, 2 children, viz. .
(8) Thomas J. Macon.
(9) Nathauiel Macon.
By 3d wife, Mrs. Joyce, there was no issue.
4 Nathaniel Macon, b. 1757, d. 1837. For an ac-
count of his long and valuable services in the Legis-
lature and in Congress, the reader is referred to
33 al
and Their Descendants. 513
Wheeler's History of North Carolina, Vol. 2, page
432. He married Hannah Plummer, the sister
of Kemp Plummer, and had issue, 1 son, Plummer
Macon, who died unmarried, and 1 daughter, Betsy
Kemp Macon, who married William John Mar-
tin, the son of Wm. Martin, of Halifax county =
Nancy Long. This Wm. and Nancy Martin had
one other son who died s. p. and 3 daughters, of
whom 1 married Kemp Plummer, 1 married Col.
Henry Lyne, and 1 married Richard Bullock. Na-
thaniel and Hannah Macon also had a daughter,
Seigniora Donald Macon= Willi am Eaton, Sr.
Issue :
1. Thomas Eaton, d. unm.
2. Edward, d. unm.
3. Nathaniel Macon m. Virginia Stith, of
Virginia, and had 1 dau. Seigniora, who m.
Frank Lockhart, and had large family ;
three of whom got killed in C. S. A.
4. Wm. Eaton, Jr., Esqr., m. Rosa Gilmore.
Issue :
1. Laura m. Wm. T. Alston, s. p. (q. v.)
2. Susan Eaton m. Sam'l P. Arring-
ton. s. p.
5. Bettie Macon Eaton m. 1st, Eaton Field.
s. p. 2d, Col. H. L. Hopkins, s. p.
6. Buckner Eaton— Anna Rebecca Kearney.
Issue :
1. Bettie Macon Eaton = Capt. John
Turnbull, C. S. A., 1866. Issue:
1 . Charles Eaton Turnbull.
2. Bettie Macon Turnbull.
3. Wm. Madalin Turnbull.
4. Irene Turnbull.
2. Thomas Mayfield Eaton, unm.
514 Thomas and Sarah (Alston) Kearney
7. Charles Eaton, unm., died in C. S. A.
8. Ella Rieves Eaton =Ex-Gov. Peter H. Bell,
of Texas.
5 James Johnsox=Mary Macon. 8 children, viz:
(1) Harry.
(2) Shugan.
(3) Polly Johnson = — Williams.
(4) Maria Johnson = — Arrington.
(5) Gideon Johnson.
(6) John Johnson=Sallie White.
(7) Charles, and
(8) Nathaniel Johnson.
6 Gideon Hunt Macon = 1st, Mary Green, dau. of
William and Mary (Christmas) Green; 4 ch., viz. :
(1) Nathaniel Green Macon. (2) William Green
Macon— Charity Dawson Alston.
(3) Ann Hunt Macon.
(4) Priscilla Mary = 1st, Morse, and 2d Micajah
Hawkins.
And by 2d wife, Mary Hartwell, there
were 7 ch., viz.:
(5) Lucy=Haughton (near Wetumpka, Ala.).
(6) Martha Macon— Guston Alston, son of Sam'l
Williams Alston, Jr., and Adaline Perry,
(q. v.).
(7) Harriet H. Macon. (8) Elizabeth Green
Macon.
(9) Albert Gallatin. (10) Arthur Macon.
(11) Dr. Henry J. Macon = Arabella Atherton
Alston (q. v.).
7 William Ransom=Rebecca Tabb; 5 ch., viz.:
(1) Edward. (2) Henry. (3) William Ransom.
(4) Seymour. (5) Diana Ransom= — Hall.
and Their Descendants. 515
8 Marmaduke Johnson=Hixie Ransom; 3 ch., viz. :
(1) Robert Johnson. (2) William R. Johnson.
(3) Fanny Johnson= 1st, Slade ; 2d, Ray.
9 William Plummer = Betsy Ransom, 5 ch., viz. :
(1) John Plummer. (2) Hixie. (3) Kemp Plum-
mer. (4) Betsy. (5) James Plummer.
10 Frank Thornton =Drusilla Ransom ; 3 ch., viz. :
(1) Francis Thornton. (2) Milly Thornton— —
Kirkpatrick. (3) Betsy Mann Thornton.
Drusilla Ransom bore to her 2d husband,
Plummer Willis, 5 ch., viz :
(4) Nancy Willis = Green. (5) Mary Willis =
Gloucester.
(6) Austin Willis. (7) Plummer. (8) John Willis.
11 Seymour Ransom=Burchett Green, dau. of Wm.
Green and Mary Christmas ; 6 ch., viz. :
(1) Robert, (2) Polly Ransom = Duke. (3)
Priscilla. (4) Betsy. (5) James. (6) Wil-
liam Ransom.
The above records of Green and Macon have been fur-
nished by Mrs. Fanny Green Somerville, granddaughter
of Solomon Green— Fannie Hawkins, 22d June, 1899.
Warrenton, N. C.
John and Charity (Alston) Dawson. 517
As there have been conflicting opiuions arising from
there being 3 persons of the name of John Dawson in the
Alberniarle country from 1740 to 1760, I make the fol-
lowing statements, furnished by Mr. J. R. B. Hathaway,
and extracted from Wheeler's Reminiscences, Moore's
History, McRae's Life of Iredell, and Colonial Records
and Wills :
Penelope Golland, step-daughter of Gov. Charles Eden,
married, 1. William Cathcart.
2. John Lovick.
3. George Phenny.
4. Gov. Gabriel Johnson, in 1740, to whom she
bore one dau., Penelope, who was about 10 or 12 years
old at her father's death. Gov. Johnson in his adminis-
tration had a private secretary, John Dawson (son of Com-
missary William Dawson, of Virginia, who died 1752, and
his wife Mary Stith.)
In 1758 this John Dawson and Penelope Johnson
were married. She bore him 1 son, William Johnson
Dawson, who represented Bertie in the Legislature in
1791, and d. unm., 1796. He had 2 sisters, Penelope,
who m. in 1786 to Tristram Lowther, and bore 1 son and
1 dau., and Mary, who m. Col. Nathaniel Allen, in 1779,
(his 1st wf.), and died without offspring.
John Dawson himself died in 1770, and Penelope his
wife died 1797 (?).
There was a land grant of 150 acres in Isle of Wight
county, Va., to William Dawson, Nov. 20th 1635.
Wm. and M. Quar, Vol. VII, No. 4, p. 284.
Capt. Anthony Dawson appears in Perquimans precinct
in 1687 and 1693-1694 as Gr. Juror, also as Assistant
Justice.
Col. Rec, Vol. 1, p. 396.
518 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
(Thomas Dawson appears Nov. 20, 1711. Col. Rec,
Vol. 1, p. 820.)
There was also a John Dawson who died in Edgecomb,
and whose will was proved in Court May, 1749. He be-
queaths to wife Mary, children, Martha, Patience, John,
Demsy and Solomon. We have no other record 'of this
John Dawson or his family than the above will.
Then there was Col. John Dawson, of Northampton
county, who 1st married Mary Thomas, and after her
death Charity Alston, of whom we will now make special
mention.
Will of John Dawson, of Northampton Co., N. C, 1762.
In the name of God, Amen. I, John Dawson, of the
County of Northampton, in the Province of North Caro-
lina, am in perfect health, aud in sound and disposing
mind and memory, and calling to mind the uncertainty of
this transitory life, am willing to make my last will and
testament in manner and form following, that is to say 1st,
I bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it me, and
my body to be buried at the discretion of my Executors,
and after my just debts are paid, I give and bequeath the
rest of my estate as followeth, viz. :
Item. First and foremost my will and desire is that out
of my store of goods and debts due to me, and what gold and
silver I have by me, and my stock of cattle at Tar River,
my wife's and my marriage contract may be made good,
and the surplusage, if any, to be equally divided between
my three small children, Charity Dawson, Elisabeth Daw-
son and John Dawson.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son, Henry Daw-
son, the plantation whereon I now live, and the land ad-
joining bounded thus. Beginning at the centre of the
Crooked Meadow at Alexander Stevenson's line that divides
and Their Descendants. 519
his laud and mine, so along the said Crooked Meadow round
Mrs. Samonie's, otherwise William Burns, till it comes to
the line that crosses the said meadow over in the Neck,
called Bras well's Neck, the said land and plantation for
three hundred acres, be it more or less, to him and his
heirs forever. Also give to my said son, Henry Dawson,
my land and plantation I bought of Maurice Moore, as by
his deed to me will appear. Also my Island plantation
and the land thereto belonging, for six hundred and forty
acres, as by the West's deeds to me, and their patent will
appear.
Also one hundred acres of land in Bertie County,
which I bought of John Wilson. All my laud on Tar
River, near Conetoe, it being in three paroles and in the
whole about seven hundred (700) acres, as by patent and
two deed will appear. All the above said lands I give to
my son, Henry Dawson, to him and his heirs forever.
Also I give to my son, Henry, my young horse called Exum,
and Maurice Moore's debt to me by bond.
Item. I give unto my son, John Dawson, my planta-
tion whereon I now live, with all the land on the plantation
side of the Crooked Meadow (viz.) that I bought of John
Revitt and Richard Braswell ; also one hundred and forty
acres on the north side Bridges Creek, joining Mr. George
Pollock's land, as per Earl of Granville deed will appear,
and my laud on Urahaw Swamp, as by Matthew Williams'
deed to me will appear, aud my land on Potecasi Creek, as
per patent. All aud every part of the aforesaid lands and
all the appurtenances and improvements of any kind to
the same or to any part thereof anywise belonging to him,
the said John Dawson, and his heirs forever. Also my
will and desire is that my loving Wife, Charity Dawson,
live on my manor plantation during her natural life and
keep the house and other valuable improvements in reason-
able repair. Also I give to my son John, my Clock aud
520 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
Chest upon a Chest with drawers, and two oval tables, and
one Chamber table which stands in the Room, called the
Green Room, and my Cargo Looking Glass, which stands
in the Hall.
Item. I give all my right, title and interest to a girl
called Dinah, she and her increase forever to my daughter,
Elisabeth Dawson.
Item. I give to my loving Wife, Charity Dawson, the
negro wench, called Fanny, which was given to her by her
deceased father. My Will aud desire is that my said Wife
have a negro boy, named Rum ford, if she will accept of
him in lieu of a negro fellow called Peter, belonging to her
Estate, which she joined in the sale for forty-five pounds
Virginia money. If she will not accept of the said boy
for that fellow, my further Will and desire is, the said boy
be sold to make out the sum of forty-five pounds Virginia
money, for which the said fellow was sold for.
Item. I give to my son, Henry Dawson, the following
negroes: Tim, York, Glascow, and Sam, at Island, and
Mingo, Jacob, George, Jim, Phillis, the daughter of Leah,
Young Larry and Ben, to him, the said Henry, and his
heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath all the rest of my negroes
and their future increase, to my three young children,
Charity Dawson, Elizabeth Dawson and John Dawson, to
them and their heirs forever, to be equally divided when
the first of the three said children shall arrive to lawful age
or be married, aud the profits of their labor, if any, to be
equally divided likewise.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Grand-daughters,
Martha Kiuchen, Elizabeth Kinchen, Mary Kincheu and
Temperance Kinchen, Thirty pounds Virginia money each,
to be paid out of my Estate, when they shall arrive at law-
ful age or be married.
Item. I give and bequeath to my two Grand-sons, John
and Their Descendants. 521
Kincbeu and William Kinchen, Ten shillings Virginia
money each.
Item. I give all the residue of my Estate, after the lega-
gies are paid, and my Wife's contract is complied with, to
my three children, Charity Dawson, Elisabeth Dawson and
John Dawson, to them and their heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my loving Wife,
Charity Dawson, my riding chair and harness, and also do
nominate and appoint my said loving wife, Charity Daw-
son, Executrix of this my will, and this I own to be my
last will and testament, revoking and disallowing all former
or other will or wills by me made. In Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and fixed my seal this — day
of Nov. One thousaud and fifty (Error of date in copying).
John Daavson. [Seal.]
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of
Samuel Cotton,
Wm. Stevenson,
James Josey.
Northampton County,
February Court, 1762.
The preceding will of Col. John Dawson, Deceased, was
exhited in open court and proved on the oath of James
Josey, one of the Witnesses thereto subscribing. At the
same time, Charity Dawson, the Executrix therein named,
qualified lawfully to execute the same, which on motion was
ordered to be certified and recorded.
Test. J. Edwards.
Clerk.
William Kinchen, Jr.'s, Will.
In the name of God, Amen. I, William Kinchen,
Junr., of the County of Edgecombe and province of
North Carolina, calling to mind the mortality of man and
522 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
being at this present of sound and disposing mind & mem-
ory, do make and ordain this to be my last will and testa-
ment, hereby revoking and annulling all former Wills,
At^ "-v- %■ ^ sf> 'K ^
Item. I give, Devise and Bequeath to my Son John
Kinchen, all my land in Edgecombe County, above the
Craighill's line, beginning on the River above the Planta-
tion whereon I now live, at the said Craighill's line, Run-
ning thence by his line, &c, * * *
and also one half of my land in Northampton County, to
be divided in the middle, beginning at the River and run-
ning a line through the middle so as to make both parts
equal, the upper part thereof to my Son John, and also
one Negroe man named Sam, that is to say the upper part
of my land on both sides Roanoke River (to be divided as
afore said), and the said Negroe to my Son John And his
Heirs forever.
Item. I give, Devise and Bequeath to my Son William
Kinchen, all the residue of my land and plantation in
Edgecombe County whereon I now live, and the lower
half of my land in Northampton County, after my Son
John's part on both sides of the River is laid off, I say to
my Son William and his Heirs forever.
Item. My Will and Desire is that all the residue of
my personal Estate, of what kind or nature soever it be
(after my just Debts and all charges are paid), shall be
equally divided amongst my Children, John, William,
Martha, Elizabeth, Mary and Temperance, to them and
their heirs forever, Separately. But my Will and desire
further is, that there be no divisiou made thereof untill
one of my Children should arrive to the age of twenty-one
years, or marrys, but the Negroes may be continued on the
Lands or hired out, at the discretion of my Executors
hereafter named, and the profits of their labor to be ap-
plied towards the support of the maintenance and school-
and Their Descendants. 523
ing of my Children; and my further Will and desire is,
that my two Sons, John and William, may be educated as
my Extrs. shall think proper, and that the expense thereof
be paid out of the Profits of my estate or, otherwise as
my executors shall think most proper. * * *
And I do hereby constitute and appoint my brothers
Blake Baker and Henry Dawson, and my Son John, Ex-
ecutors of this my last Will and Testament. In Testi-
mony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal, this sixth day of November In the year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and fifty eight.
W. Kinchen, Junr. (Seal.)
Signed, Sealed, published, Pronounced
and Declared to be the last Will and
Testament of Wm. Kinchen, in pres-
ence of us. Henry Campbell, Peter Jones, Wm. Moore.
Edgecombe County, ss.
The within Will was exhibited in open Court by the
Extrs., and proved by the Oaths of Peter Jones & Wm.
Moore, Evidences thereto, and at the same time Blake
Baker was qualified as Extr., which on motion is ordered
to be certified. Test., Jos. Montfort, C. C.
Copy of Last Will and Testament of Chai'ity Dawson,
Nee Alston.
"In the name of God, Amen. I, Charity Dawson, of the
County of Northampton, in the province of North Caro-
lina, do make and ordain this present writing my testament
and last will, in manner and form following, that is to say:
First of all, it is my will and desire that all my just
debts be paid and satisfied.
Secondly. I give and bequeath to my brother, Solo-
mon Alston, one negro man slave named Harry, to him
and his heirs forever.
524 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
Thirdly. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Charity
Dawson, ray plantation & tract of laud lying on Tar
River, near the falls of said river, in Edgecombe County.
The said tract of land containing about five hundred (500)
acres, be the same more or less, to her and her heirs and
assigns forever.
Fourthly. I give and devise to my son, John Dawson,
all my lauds and teuaments lying and being in Halifax
County, in said Province of North Carolina, with five (5)
plantations therein, to him and his heirs and assigus for-
ever.
Fifthly. I give and bequeath and devise to my daugh-
ter, Charity Dawson, & my son, John Dawson, all the rest
of my lands and teuaments, goods and chattels, monies &
other estate whatsoever, not hereinbefore mentioned, given,
bequeathed or devised, to be equally divided in value be-
tween my said children, to hold the moiety or half thereof
which to each of them shall be allotted to them and their
heirs and assigns forever.
Sixthly. It is my will and desire that if both of my
said children shall die before they become or arrive at the
age of twenty-one years, and not married, that theu all
the personal estate herein & hereby to them given & be-
queathed, should be equally divided between and among
my kins folk and relations herein mentioned, that is to
say, My deceased brother James Alston's four children, to
wit : John, James, Charity & Sarah and my sister,
Elizabeth Williams, & my nephews Edward* Kearney,
William Williams, Solomon Williams, & James Alston &
William Alston, the sons of my brother Solomon Alston,
and each of them to hold the part or share which to them
shall be allotted, to them and their heirs and assigus for-
ever.
Seventhly & Lastly. I do nominate and appoint my
* Edmond, in his father's will.
and Their Descendants. 525
true and trusty friends, Thomas Kearney and "William
Williams, Executors of this my testament and last will.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal, this twenty-fourth day of March, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-
four (1764).
Charity Dawson. (Seal)
Signed, sealed and published
in the presence of John
Jones, Mary Granbery and
James Josey and Wm.
Alston.
Codicil.
Lastly. I give and bequeath unto my negro, Csesar,
seven pounds, Virginia currency, yearly, & his wearing
clothes. And he to continue at this plantation he now
lives on."
Proven May Court, 1764, on the oath of Wm. Alston
and John Jones. And Thomas Kearney and William
Williams qualifies as Exrs.
It is not known certainly when John Dawson came
to North Carolina. But we find in April, 1698, at
Perquiman's Precinct, he proved his transportation
to the Colony, and in the April Court, 1707, he
makes an assignment deed to Frances Cambridge,
with consent of his wife, Mary; and Dec. 11th, 1735,
Barnaby Thomas, in his will refers to him as his
brother-in-law. From these it seems evident that
he married Mary, sister of Barnaby and Philip
Thomas, who bore him children, viz.:
I. Henry Dawson, who represented North-
ampton county in the General Assembly
in 1766, and died in 1770. His will
mentions : Wife, Patience, and children,
526 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
John Dawson, Henry Dawson, Stephen
Dawson, Mary Dawson and Patty Dawson.
II. Daughter (Mary?) who married Wil-
liam Kinchen, Jr.* He was mem-
ber of General Assembly at New Berne
in December, 1754, and died 1758. Their
children were, viz.: Martha, Elisabeth,
Mary, Temperance, John Kinchen, and
William Kinchen.
(Of these, Elisabeth married Philip Kearney (q. v.)
One daughter m. Blake Baker, and was the mother of
Judge Blake Baker.
Another dau. m. — Campbell.
The remaining dau. m. — Lane.
John Kinchen was a member of the Provincial Council
which first met at the court-house in Johnson county, 1775.
Together with AbnerNash, in February, 1776, he was sent
to Charleston to confer with the 4 Committee of Safety for
South Carolina. He was also a member of the Provincial
Congress from Orange, that met at Halifax, 4th April,
1776. He died in 1793.
William Kinchen married Sarah .
We take the following from Caruther's History of North
Carolina, p. 62, '3, etc.:
" David Fanning made a raid on Hillsboro and captured
among others, Gov. Burke and William Kinchen, and took
them to the prison ships at Charleston, by way of Wil-
* In Wm. & M. Quarterly, Vol. VII., No. 4, Page 268, W. Wm.
Kinchen is mentioned as Vestryman in the Upper Parish, July
13th, 1724, Isle of Wight county, Va. Also Wm. Byrd, in survey-
ing the boundary line in 1729, mentions Mr. Kinchen a worthy
Magistrate in North Carolina, living in much affluence. Likewise,
Wm. Kinchen was Sheriff of Northampton in 1745-8, and was in
Edgecombe in 1751. The above mentioned parties were doubtless
all the same individual, and the father of Wm. Kinchen, Jr., who
died in 1758, besides other children.
and Their Descendants. 527
mington. On his way home, Mr. Kiuchen sickened and
died After his death, Sarah his widow, mar-
ried Col. James Mebane."
D After his wife's death John Dawson married Charity
Alston (whose 1st child was born 1756, and who
died in March, 1764, in Northampton).
In Chowan county, Sept. 25th, 1706, he purchased land
on Stopping Creek. In March and August, 1732, he was
a witness to sales of land in Gates county ; also in 1733
he sold land in same county. In 1738 and '40 was a
member of Assembly from Bertie, and in 1739 he was ap-
pointed Justice of the Peace for the county, and then
Sheriff. In March, 1743, he proved rights in Northampton
county (cut off from Bertie in 1741). In 1752, he and
Thomas Kearney, both members of Assembly, were on a
committee to examine and settle public accounts. His name
continues with intervals as memder of the Assembly until
1754, after which he became one of Gov. Dobbs' Council
until April 22d, 1761, when it disappears from the records*
His will, which had been written some years before, was
proven in Court February, 1762, in Northampton county.
The children of John Dawson — Charity Alston
were:
4.8 I. Charity Alston Dawson, b. 1756; m. June
13th, 1770, to Samuel Williams, son of Col.
William Williams and his wife, Elisabeth
(Blount Pollock) Whitmel, and had large
family, (q. v.)
II. Elisabeth Dawson, mentioned in will of father,
but omitted in will of mother, March, 1764,
(probably died in the interval.)
4.9 III. John Dawson, b. about 1759, and married Elisa-
beth Dorothy - Atherton, daughter of Col.
528 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
Jephtha Atherton and his 2d wife, Elisabeth.
This John Dawson represented Northampton
county in the Legislature in 1780-1782. He
then removed to Halifax, and represented that
county in the Legislature in 1787-1790. The
following were their children :
I. John Dawson, who died in infancy.
II. Jesse Atherton Dawson = Temper-
ance Williams Alston, (dau. of Philip
Guston Alston =Mary Williams Harris).
Was member of Legislature from Halifax
county, 1816-1821. Issue:
I. John Alston Dawson, who died early.
II. Mary Dawson, of whom we have no
further record.
III. John Henry Dawson, who married
Harriet Jane Taylor, and had 2
daughters :
1st. Eleanor Dawson, who married
Lewis Alston Thompson, of Mar-
tin county, son of Thomas Bond
Thompson = Tempie Maria
Williams, (q. v.)
2d, Jessie Atherton Dawson,
who married Robert Randolph
Burweli , of Granville. Issue :
I. Walter Dawson Burweli,
b. 1860.
II. Lewis Dandridge Burweli,
b. 1861.
III. Jessie Atherton Burweli,
b. 1864.
IV. Robert Randolph Burweli,
Jr., b. 1866.
and Their Descendants. 529
V. Elnora Spottswood Bur-
well, b. 1868.
VI. Dawson Alston Burwell, b.
1870.
VII. Terapie Williams Burwell,
b. 1873.
VIII. Spottswood Burwell, b.
1875.
IX. John Henry Burwell, b.
1877.
X. William Pettigrew Bur-
well, b. 1880.
XI. Mary Eveline Burwell, b.
1883.
III. Sarah Dawson = Joshua Belt, and had
1 son, Jesse Atherton Bell, who died
young.
IV. William Williams Dawson emigrated to
Texas, s. p.
V. Alston Dawson died young.
VI. Henry Dawson =Sarah, dau. of Philip Gus-
ton Alston and sister of his brother Jesse's
wife, s. p.
VII. Charity Alston Dawson, unm.
VIII. John Dawson= Martha Green Hunter.
Daughter of Jacob Hunter = Patience
Williamson.
The following account is copied from the Dawson family
records, compiled by Chas. C. Dawson, of New York, and
published 1874 by Joel Munsel, of Albany, N. Y. John
Dawson was born in North Carolina, where he married
Martha Green Hunter. They emigrated to Tennessee
about 1822, where he died in Maury county, 1843. His
34 al
530 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
widow is still living (1874) at Mt. Pleasant. They had
11 children :
I. John Dawson, unm.
II. Henry, unm., a physician.
III. William Leon, b. 1820 in Warren county N. C,
and died 1814 in Maury county, Tenn. Mar-
ried, (q. V.).
IV. Martha Green m. — Frierson, Columbia, Tenn.
V. Jesse Atherton, m. wf. unknown, Okolona,
Miss.
VI. Temperance Alston m. — Barrow.
VII. Jacob Hunter m. and has family in Forest City,
Ark.
VIII. Mary P. m. — Dobbins, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
IX. Elisabeth T. m. — Long, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
X. Charity Alston m. — Kittrell.
XL Mann Dawson, unm., Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
William Leon Dawson was educated at LaGrange
College, Franklin county, Ala., and m. Jan., 1841,
Ala F. Winter, b. at Tuscumbia, Ala., 1825.
They removed to Madison county, Miss., in 1843,
where he engaged in business as a cotton planter.
He d. in Oct., 1844, while on a visit to his parents
in Maury county, Tenn. Mrs. Dawson res. (1873)
at Canton, Miss. They had two sons, viz. :
I. John Dawson, b. in Maury county, Tenn.,
Dec, 1841. He entered the State Uni-
versity of Mississippi at 14, and after a
year spent there went to the Jesuit Col-
lege at Georgetown, D. C, where he re-
mained a year. In Sept., 1859, he en-
tered the Junior class at Princeton, N. J.,
where he was graduated in June, 1861 ;
but left to join the Confederate army be-
and Their Descendants. 531
fore his diploma was awarded. He en-
tered what was called the Army of Ten-
nessee as a private, and gradually rose in
position to a captaincy, and though in
many battles passed unhurt through the
war, until near its close. In August,
1864, while sitting in the trenches, near
Atlanta, he was struck by a fragment of
shell, and received injuries which were
supposed to be mortal, the lower part of
his face being torn away and the chin
and chest bones fractured. He, however,
recovered sufficiently to return to Missis-
sippi in 1865, and for a time he edited a
country newspaper, until elected clerk of
the Circuit Court. After serving one
term in this office he was re-elected with-
out an opposing vote. He was afterwards
displaced to make room for an appointee
of the military authority, and became as-
sociated with Oliver S. Luckett, Esq., in
the practice of law. Failing health, how-
ever, constrained a cessation of all labor,
and after an unavailing visit to the me-
dicinal springs of northern Alabama he
returned to Canton, where he d. in Oct.,
1872, unm. He was talented and highly
accomplished, brave, modest and refined
in character. He d. in the faith of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, to which he
belonged.
II. William Leon Dawson, Jr., b. atTuscum-
bia, Ala., Oct., 1842 ; entered the Jesuit
College, at Georgetown, D. C, in 1858,
and in 1860 removed to Princeton to re-
532 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
ceive private lessons and be near his
brother, then a student at the University.
After the commencement of the civil
war he returned to Mississippi, and after
the passage of the Confederate conscript
law, compelling all youths of his age to
enlist in the army, he chose the cavalry
service, and during the siege of Vicks-
burg acted as the private secretary of
Gen. Pemberton, for whom he entertained
great affection. After the surrender of
that city, and his exchange, he was at-
tached to the brigade of Gen. Wirt
Adams. In consequence of exposure
during the war he contracted rheumatism,
from which, after a lingering illness, he
died in Yazoo county, Miss., in June,
1871, unm.
Jephtha Atherton came to North Carolina from Ber-
muda prior to 1735 and settled in Northampton county,
where he died, 1787.
Copy of Will of Jepiha. Atherton, Recorded in Will Book,
1760 to 1792, pages 2S-J h -5 i and also on page 378-9,
in Clerk's Office, Northampton County, N. C.
In the name of God, Amen. I, Jephtha Atherton, of
ye State of North Carolina, Northampton Co., being in
low state of health, but of sound disposing mind and
memory, thanks be given unto God for ye same, do make
and ordain this my last will and testament, in manner and
form following :
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Penelope
Brunson, one Negro man named Tom, one Negro Wench
named Patience, also one named Jude, another named
and Their Descendants. 533
Kitt, and another negro girl named Dinah, one horse by
ye name of Hassard, and one Bed and furniture.
I also give unto her the profits of a half share of land,
lying and being in ye Island of Bermuda, Which land I
rented to Mr. Sam'l Bascum in the year 1761, for which I
have not received one farthing ye said lands. She being
ye true and only heir to the same, being descended from
Peter Pruden of the aforesaid Island. Ye aforesaid arti-
cles, I give to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to Jessee Atherton Dawson
one negro girl named Temp, and one negro boy named
Sam, being a child of Smith's, to him and his heirs for-
ever.
Item. I give and bequeath to Charity Dawson, one
negro girl named Vining, to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to John Dawson, one negro
girl and child by ye name of Lender, a child of Lifts ;
another by ye name Anthony, from said Wench, to him
and his heirs forever.
Item. I give unto my daughter, Dorothy Dawson, one
negro fellow named Will, which she have received, one
negro boy by ye name of Rufus ; one negro Wench by ye
name of Litt ; and such articles as she have heretofore re-
ceived of me, to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give unto Francis Atherton Bynum, one negro
fellow named Jacob, one negro girl named Amy, a daugh-
ter of Sarah's, to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto Drewry Bynum, son
of my daughter Mary Bynum, one negro girl named Lidia,
child of Vileto, and one negro girl named Easter, a
daughter of Amy's, to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary
Bynum, one negro Wench named Vilet, one, do., named
Mary; also one Jeames have named Prince, saddle and
bridle, bed and furniture, to her and her heirs forever.
534 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Temper-
ance Atherton, one negro fellow named Henry, and one
negro Wench named Balinda, one girl named Crease, and
one do. Cealah, one do. named Hischer; also one boy by
the name of Isaiah. I also give to my daughter Temper-
ance, one feather-bed and furniture and saddle and bridle
that she have now ye command of it ; also it is my desire
that she have a sponsible horse of about twenty-five
Value, the same to be paid in gold or silver. The hereto-
fore articles, I give to her and her heirs forever.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter, Frances
Atherton, one negro lad named Nelson, one, do. named
Little Arthur, one negro Wench named Sylvy, one do.,
named Mirma, one negro boy named Stephen, one do.,
named Anthony. Also it is my desire that she may have
a horse, bridle and saddle at about twenty-five pounds
value in gold or silver; also one bed and furniture, the
same to be delivered When she comes of lawful age or
marries. Also I give the aforesaid to her and her heirs
forever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son, Jessee Ather-
ton, all the lands that I am possessed with, containing one
tract I bought of Barnaba Thomas [Barnaby Thomas
was brother-in-law to John Dawson and died 1735. His
Will being dated Oct. 5, 1735 and probated Dec. 11th,
1735. (N. C. Geneological Register, No. 1.)], one do., I
bought of Wm. Cowper, joining said tract, Which said
tract ye Court-house now stands on ; also one tract I
bought of Bennet Hill, lying in ye meadows ; also one
tract I bought of Gen'l Allen Jones, lying in ye Occonee-
chee Neck, containing three Hundred and fifty acres, and
also all ye negroes that I am possessed with, excepting
them that I have heretofore given away, viz.: Isham,
Mary, Artis, James that I bought of Turner Bynum, Jim,
George, Bob, Auston, Jeffrey, Andrew, Lazarus that I
and Their Descendants. 535
bought of Mr. Wm. Kinchen, and Will that I bought of
Win. Vaughan, Grace, Lucy, Jiune, do. Jinne, Siuth,
Amy, Cherry, Cato, Nan, Charlotte, and all ye rest of my
whole estate, stock of all kinds, bonds, notes, debts, dues
and demands of auy kind whatsoever. It is also my de-
sire that my debts be paid out of the Estate left in said
clause, and further desire is that my wife should be hand-
somely maintained out of the remaining part of my son
Jessee Atherton's Estate, during her natural life. The
above said legacies I give to my Son Jessee Atherton, his
heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby appoiut my
Wife, Betty Atherton, and John Dawson, my whole and
sole Executors of this my last will and testament.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us, this
19th day of Jan'y, A. D., 1787.
Jeph. Atherton. (Seal)
Teste :
J. Dawson.
Nancy Gibbs.
James Cotton.
her
Celia X Bryant.
mark. Proved by oath of John Dawson and
James Cotton, and Betty Atherton
qualified as Executrix. Certified
and recorded June Court, 1787,
Northampton Co.
E. Haynes, C. Ct.
Of his children, we have no records of the daughter,
Penelope Brunson, by his 1st wife.
Of his 2d wife, Elisabeth, we have no certain knowl-
edge, though it is believed that she was a Dawson, or
more probably a sister of Wm. Kinchen, Jr. Of her issue :
Jesse Atherton d. s. p.
536 John and Charity (Alston) Dawson.
Elisabeth Dorothy= John Dawson, (q. v.).
Mary=Bynurn; 1 son, Jesse Atherton Byuum.
Temperauce= James Barnes.
Frances^ Gideon Alston, (q. v.).
Children of
Temperance = James Barnes :
I. Jephtha Atherton Barnes= Mary Clark Williams
and had 1 dau., Charity Dawson Barnes =
Whitmel Hill Anthony; issue, (q. v.).
II. Lavinia Dorothy Barnes = Whitmel John Hill.
Issue :
1. James Charles Hill, unm.
2. Nannie Hill = — Elliott.
3. Thomas Norfleet Hill=
1st. Elisabeth Hall. ) ,
2d. Mary Long. \
4. Louisa Hill=Benj. Gordon Smith; issue.
5. Rebecca Norfleet Hill= Peter Evans Smith;
issue.
6. Atherton Barnes Hill=Elisabath Hyman ;
issue.
INDEX.
A
Ache 270
Adair, Forest 244
Adams, Arth 209-10
Adkins 290
Adkinson 280
Akehurst 97-9
Alexander 39, 352, 447
Allaine 220
Allen, Chris 121-8
" 45, 154, 240, 261, 421, 480, 513
Alsabrook 473
Alstan 18
Alston, Absalom 372
" Alex. G 155
" Alfred 323-6-8, 372
" Alfred A 194-7
" Aluston 470
. " Andrew 160
" Anne 83, 132, 141
" Archibald 131,323-4
" Arthur 160
" Audley 276
" Augustus, 133-4, 238, 273, 313
Allston, Adile 64
" Ann 44," 67
" Benj . . 44-5-6, 51, 60, 64, 70
Alston, Benj 310-11
" Benj. Orowell 124
" Bennett P 324, 461
" Bethel H 407
" Blake B 151
" Blount 279
" Bragg 155
" Bryant G 324
" Butler 140
Calvin 372
" Caroline 86-7, 403
" Charity 96, 191, 192, 361
Alston, Charles 80-4-5, 88
131-2, 154
" Charlotte 83
Allston, Chas. P 64
Alston, Chris 158
" David 140
" Daniel 134
" Drew 139, 141
" Edgar 131
" Edrnond 83
Allston, Elisab . 40-2, 51, 67-9, 90
Alston, Eliz 91, 141
" Elinor 42, 43
" Esther, 67, 117
" Eudora 326
" Euphan 110
Allston, Edward 90
Alston, Edward . 150-4, 323-7-8, 358
" Erasmus 120
" Evelyn 19, 313
" Fanny 82-118
" Fanny Foster 192
Allston, Francis 41, 67
Alston, Frank 325
" Gadsden 140
Allston, George 45
Alston, George 14, 197
" George L 372
" George W., 177, 333, 358, 386
" Gideon .... 113, 120-1-5, 177
183, 325
" Gordon 154
" Gray Sills 155
" Guston 275-9, 312-3
" Guy Court 125
Allston, Hannah 44
" Helen 82
" Hester 42
Alston, Hardaway 274-6
538
- Index.
Alston, Henry 15, 101, 141-9
160-1, 192-7, 309
" Herbert 328
" Howard 132, 328
" Hubbard W 323
" Hugh 19
; " Ida Douglas 125
" Isaac 209
" Jacob 80-4
" Jacqueline 125
" James. .92-5, 122, 139, 140-1
150-4-8, 191, 231-4, 274-6
298, 302-10, 361, 372-3-5
389, 489
" James A 403
" James E 379
" James M 193, 405
" James J 311, 502
" James Y 378, 385
" James B. 142
" James W 153
" Jessee A 120
Allston, John 39, 40-2-4-5
67-8, 89
Alston, John. .14,82,91-3, 110-6-7
120-1-2, 139, 140-1-2, 154
190, 209, 274-5, 361-9
370-1-2-6
'« John A 79, 82, 125
" JohnC 121-4
11 John D 358
" John G 379
" John H 153-4, 160
" John J. . .148, 176-7, 311, 460
" John M 406
" John R 85-7
" John T 372, 403
" Joseph John... .92, 110, 116
149-50, 176-7, 183, 194-7
' ■ Joseph 79, 82, 1 17-8-279
" Josephine 81-3
Allston, Joseph. 44, 56,67-8, 75, 89
" Joseph B 61
" Joseph N 61
" Joseph W 60-1
Alston, Joseph A 405
" Joseph D 158
" Joseph E 403-5
" Joseph G 161
" Joseph H ]34
" Joseph K 140
" Joseph W 177
Allston, Josias 41-4-5
Alston, Junius 183
" Kemp P 151,326, 477
" Lemuel J . . . . 192-3-4-6, 372
" Leonidas 132, 378, 389
" Lewis 142,204-9
Allston, Louise 64
" Martha 42-3-4, 95
" Mary 40-4,51,64-7, 86
Alston, Margaret 132-141
" Martha 94, 159
" Mary 140, 177
" Major 151
" Mark P 125
" Medicus 310-1-2
" MicajahT. J 153-7
" Nathaniel 375
" Nathaniel Ghas 403-4
" Nathaniel Kimb 378
386-7-8
" Nathaniel Macon. 177-9, 460
" Nathaniel Yancey . . . .378-9
" Nich's Faulcon 32?,, 467
" Norman 184
" Oroondates 148
" Owen 205
Allston, Peter 40-1,89, 90
Alston, Paul W 155
." Peter ... 140
" Philip. 93-5, 103, 139, 141-2
191, 307-9, 371-2
" Philip G 307,331-3, 358
461, 473
" Philip Henry 231
" Philip James 238
" Philip KD 177, 184
" Philip Lewis 209
" Philip Somerville 141
Index.
539
Alston, Philip W. W 311
" Rebecca 68, 85, 141
Allston, Robt. F. W 60, 64
Alston, Robert. . . .121-4, 140, 313
" Robert A 134
" Robert H 379
" Robert P 177
" Robert West 132-3
" Robert Wms 326, 358-9
" Rowland 22, 82
" Fred Rowland 85
Allston, Samuel 41-2
Alston, Samuel. 140, 308-9-12, 346
" Samuel 132
" Samuel Fitts 197, 354
14 Samuel T.333, 346-7, 358, 461
"• Samuel W 310-1-2, 432
" Samuel Y 148
" Sallie Moddena 325
" Selby 121
" Solomon. 93-5, 185-90-1, 209
274-5-9, 358, 371
" Spencer 153-5-7
" Susan 86, 117
" Temperance 157
" Theodore S 380
Allston, Thomasin 40
" Thomas 68
Alston, Thomas 21, 81-3, 149
160-1-2, 192, 275, 310-11-12
" Thos. Burges 194
" Thos. C 122-379
:< Thos. F 386-7
" Thos.G 86
" Thos. L 82, 152
" Thos. Nicholas 223
" Thos. P 79, 84-5-7, 151
" Thos. W 309, 322
" Van Wyck 328
" Waldemar 35, 379, 380
" Walter 324
" Warren J 404
" Whitmel H 310
Allston, Washington 51
" Wm. Washington 60
Allston, Wm. Allen 61
" Wm. Moore 51
" William 40-1-2-4, 50
67-8-9, 70
Alston, William 75, 81, 93-5
103-10-17-40-41-50, 190
203-9, 230, 276, 307-10-11
361, 371, 432
" Wm. A 51, 79, 81, 406
" Wm. F 346
" Wm. H 194, 231-7
" Wm. J 85, 379, 380
" Wm. M 312
" Wm. Sam'l 403
" Wm. Thorne 325-8
" Wm. Wms 178, 193-6
" Willis... 104-10-1 6, 130-1-2
141-9, 153-4, 192
" Willis C 158
" Willis W 133, 155, 158
Amory 52
Anderson 135, 299
" Ed. L 134
" J. A 405
" John H 182
" Joseph 117
Andrews 258, 434
" J. A 69
" Arch'dB 69
Anthony 279, 502
" Whitmel H 433, 532
" Wm. Whitmel 436
Applegate 474
Arbury 303
Archinard 335
Armour 452
Armstrong 250, 264, 427
Arnold 241, 255, 389
Arrington....l21, 150, 324, 434-6
492, 509-10
Ashcomb 21
Ashe 76, 368
Ashley 306
A skins 404
Atchinson 51 , 68
540
Index.
Atherton 120, 523
Atwood 389
Austin 329, 442, 454
Autrey 245
Avent 469
Axtell 39
Aycock 268
Ayres 97
B
Bachman 84
Bacon 137
Bacot 88-9
Badger 241, 322, 443, 486
Bailey 109, 405, 424
Bainbridge 1 72-3
Baker. . .109, 210, 239, 303, 468, 522
Baldwin 60, 179, 243
Ball 318
Ballard . .147, 275, 462-7, 476-8,' 500
Banks 143-4, 252-271, 375-6
Baptiste 172
Barbee 286, 291
Barclay 470
Barham 467
Barkes 286
Barnes 146, 162, 432, 532
Barnett 261
Barnwell 87
Barrett 244
Barringer 178, 322
Barrow 211-12, 462, 526
Bartlett 482
Bartow 1 25
Bascom 529
Bass 261, 386
Basser 277
Battle 503
Battelle 157
Beal 389
Beardsley 402
Beasley 279
Beaumont ... 71
Beck 457
Beckwith 157
Beckman 156
Belin 41,89
Bell 276, 398-9, 510, 525
Bender 161
Bennett 98
Benton 146, 292-5-6, 320-2
Berry 134
Berwick 228
Biddis 40
Bihm 130
Bill 662
Bindloss 20
Bird 97, 267
Byrd 94, 416
Blackshear 262
Blackwell 402
Blair 334
Blake 39, 239
Blanchard 274
Blick 460
Blood worth 256
Bloomfield 25
Blount 279,322,430
Blyth 70
Boatner 228-10
Bobbitt 120-7
Bobo 136
Boddie 152,448
Bond 279
Bonner 503
Bonneau 89
Boone 39,380
Boothe 20,311
Borden 47
Borey 22
Bostic 277-82
Bouligny 23
Bowers 452
Bowie 226-7-8
Bowman 73, 211-13, 398
Boyd 109,371,458,492
Bradford 214, 379, 417
Bradley 274
Brame 451
Branch 114-20, 322, 483
Index.
541
Bratton 134
Bressie 247
Brewer 219
Brewster 262
Brewton 76, 85
Briggs 406
Brinkley 48
Broad well 109
Brockway 473
Brodie 179,323,466-7
Bomey 379
Bronson 499
Brooke 25, 134
Brothers 485
Broward 422
Brown 270, 419, 465, 481
" Anne Bobo 136
" Alfred A . : 196
" Esther 43
" L. B 194-6
" Bidley 117
" Robert 134
Browning 15
Bruce 296
Brunson 528
Bryan 68-9, 178,461
Bryant 309, 430-84, 531
Buchannon 490
Bullock 43
Burdon 389
Burgen 150
Burges 88, 122, 323-9, 336-7
340, 486
Burke
Burlse 243
Burnby 110
Burney 263
Burnett 49-50
Burr 80
Burrington Ill
Burt 275,447,453
Burton 438,460-4
Burwell 455-8, 462, 528
Bush 246,408
Butler 166, 215
Butt 215,262-7-8
Bynum 529, 532
Cabell 15, 232-6
Cafey 100
Cade 377
*"Cain 361, 371, -120-3
Caldwell 239, 260, 424
Calhoun 48, 232
Calloway 248, 368
Calvert 178
Calvet 334-9, 345-6
Camp 237
Campbell 73, 224-70, 522
Candler 145
Cannon 322, 379
Capeheart 440
Carl 279
Carlisle 316
Carnall 438, 441
Carpenter , . 350
Carr 501
Carraway 465
Carrington 498
Carroll 139-42, 264
Carstarphan 112
Carter 216-41, 389, 468
Cary 98, 172-3, 221-3, 311
Cathcart 513
Cave 291
Chadwick 403-8
Chambers 231
Chambless 160
Champlin 416-7
Chance 167
Chancey 109
Channing 51
Cheatham 328
Cheek .j 240, 274-5
Cheney 377
Chicester 219
Childress 181
Chipman 256
Chisholm 58
542
Index.
Christian 86
Christmas 132, 249, 502
Claiborne 118-9, 235
Clanton 275, 446, 484, 494
Clapp 411
Clark 91, 131, 241
Clarkson 71
Clay 243, 276
Clayton 24,327, 422
Clegg 407
Clelland 86
Clements 500
Clore 198
Coachman .46, 60, 89
Cobb 225, 408, 434
Cochran 279
Cochrell 137
Cocke 308, 334-5-6, 894
Codd 181
Coke 222, 436
Coleman 72, 243, 258
Collier 289, 418
Collins 383-5, 432
Colman 19
Commander 109
Compton 21
Conningland 486
Connor 307
Cook 46, 115, 124-5, 2S3, 325
456, 465
Cooper. . .84, 110, 135, 170-2, 236
453
Corbett 236
Corts 284
Cosby 117, 392
Cotton 176, 182-3, 517, 531
Coupland 102-3-6, 261
Courtney 215
Covington 281
Cozart 319
Crawford. .256, 298-9, 300-1-23-35
338-15
Crawley 121
Creagh 332-3
Creighton 333, 473
Cripps 45
Crittenden 420
Crofts 21
Crowell 119-20
Crook 260
Crookenbury 23
Cross 264
Crossland 309
Crudup 283
Crum 160
Crump 183
Cullum 277
Culpepper 109-10
Cunningham 498
Currie 99, 181, 246
Curtin 152
D
Dale 170
Darner 35 J
Dameron 459
Dana 51
Daniel. .121-8-9-130, 287, 443, 478
483
Dargan 47
Daughtrie 404
Davidson 143
Davie 130
Davis 117, 182, 274-9, 288, 339
447, 450-5
" Archibald 326-7, 493
" Ed 423-5-7
" Jennie 117
" John 209,326, 358
" Plummer 326
" Samuel 493
Dawson 93, 517-531
Day 490
Dealy 224
Dean 255
DeJarnett 419
DeGraffenriedt 148-9, 178
DeGrandpre 200
DeLauney 109, 164, 263
DeLepline 44-5
Index.
543
DeMoss 161
Dendy 255
Dennis 151
Dent 72
DePriest 176
DeRousserye 39
Devereux 445
DeYampert 248
Dickens 298, 301-3-22, 427
Didlake 340-5
Dillahunty 266
Dimick 143
Dismukes 73
Ditch 224
Ditmar 396
Divison 97
Dobbins 526
Dobbs 95, 523
Dobson 281
Dockery 271
Doherty or Dougherty . . .219, 226
Dooley 401
Dorrough 255
Doub 122
Doughtie 147
Downe 369
Downey 14
Downing 91
Drake 238,441,475-9
Dubose 237, 292
Dudley 361-6, 417-19
Duke 299, 322,346
Dula 240
Dulant 230
Dumas 296
Duncan 49
Dundee 171
Dunkin 85
Dunklin 252
Dunlap 258
Dunn 121-2-3
Dupre 44-50
Durant 75, 368
Durden 145
Durham 183
Durnford 22
Dwight 68-9, 88, 341
E
Early 349
Eason 435
Easter 354
Easton 331
Eaton 113, 322, 328, 351, 445
470-1, 509
Eborn 434
Echols 404
Eden 513
Edwards 289
Egerton 467,493
Eldred 337, 341
Eleanor 468
Ellery 51
Elliott 71
Eppes 443
Erwin 357
Estes 241, 271
Ethridge 435
Evans 457
Evelyn 24
Exura 275
F
Failing 236
Fair 420
Fairwell 40
Falconer 470, 481
Faulkner 501
Fanning 138, 330
Faribault 313-4
Farrar 59, 200
Faulcon 121, 322, 346, 471-4
480-1,492
Fawcett 486
Fell 401
Fendall 368
Fergusson 146-277
Field -..139, 508
Fisher 134-7, 279
Fitch 224
544
Index.
Fitts 336, 341-9, 353-6
Fitzgerald 260
Fitzpatrick 245
Fitzsimmons 84
Flagg 52
Fletcher 368
Flewellyn 238
Flinn 353
Flournoy 813
Floyd 135,256,314, 409
Foster.. .20, 282, 324, 353,382, 396
464-5
Fouchereaud 75
Fowle 482
Fowlkes 381, 449
Franklin 101, 258, 267
Fraser 82, 152, 183, 258
Freeman 118, 262, 378
Frierson 164, 526
Frobel 196
Fulcher 139
Fussell 142
Gadsden 140
Gaillard 135
Gaines 348
Gaither 164
Galvez 200
Gait 421
Gamble 380
Gamewell 268
Gantt 389,401-2-3
Gaunt 443
Garden 43, 51
Garvin 84
Gatewood 421
Gay 331
Gayles 434
Gay ley 144
Gee 442-6-7,453-4
George 466
Geycer 315
Gibbes 51-3-7-8, 531
Gibbons 236
Gilliam 492
Gilmore 377-9, 381-2-5, 509
Gindrat 142
Girardeau 48
Glaister 98
Glasscock 139
Glaze 335-7, 341-2-3-4
Glenn 249, 369-71, 507-8
Glennie 85
Glover 166, 246, 408-17
Godwin 97, 160, 281
Gogarza 86
Golland 513
Golson 170
Gooche 158, 490
Goode 124
Goodloe 117
Goodman 86-7
Goodwin 244, 278
Gordon 153, 420
Gorea 246
Goss 319
Gourdine 44
Grace 340
Graham . 129, 130, 476
Grainger 315
Granberry 145
Grandy 453
Granville 486
Gratville 296
Gray 209-10-11
Green. .86, 109, 116, 153, 243-4-5-6
312-16-18, 322, 462-4-6-7
502-11
Greer 167, 384
Gregory 184
Grey 379
Griffin 433-5, 440
Grimstone 20
Grindley 14
Groves 376-402
Grubbs 241
Grump 262
Guerry 87
Guffington 300
Index.
545
Gunter 178
Guston 95
Guthrie 286
Guzman 173
Hackett 389, 400
Haige 61
Haile 198, 229
Hall 135,221, 432, 510
Hamlin. . .127, 150, 177-9, 183, 416
Hamilton 73, 231-2, 442, 454
Hampstead 20
Hancock 291
Handson 26
Hannis 362
Hannley 486
Hardee 298
Hardy 287, 440
Hare 24
Harllee 437
Hargraves 291
Harney 244
Harper 255, 291, 451
Harrington 436
Harris 219,322-32-89, 419-41
Elisabeth 39
Gideon 126
Gendrat 140
James 474, 481
Jephtha 257
John 39
Rebecca 40
Sam'l S 139, 143
Wm. Whit 482, 499
Wm 120, 139, 142, 481
Willis 120-6
Harrison 276, 448-9, 472
Hartsell 270
Hartwell 507-10
Harvey. .14, 146, 277, 309, 403, 445
Harvie 268, 389
Harwell 162-6, 184
Hatch 98
Hathaway 513
35 al
Haughton 510
Havard 149
Hawkins. . .219, 272-3, 287, S00-22
480
" James 131
" John 112
" Joseph 116, 310
" Philemon 502-3-7
Hay 313
Hayden 166, 173-5
Hayne, S 80, 531
Haynie 225-6
Hayes 88,275,359
Haywood 273, 322, 443, 487
Heard 255, 385-9
Heath 475
Heilig 183
Heins 58
Heiskill 343
Hemminger 69
Hemphill 262
Henderson . . 169, 192, 268, 296, 344
500
Hendrix 358, 422
Henley 162-4-6
Henry 194, 273, 322
Hereford 216-7
H erndon 276
Herron 399
Hertzog •. . . . 344
Hester 225
Hetherwicke 346
Hey ward 46
Hibben 48
Hildreth 379
Hill 91, 110, 117, 192, 240-9
354-6, 431, 448, 536
" Henry 309, 334, 474
" Samuel 210
" Thomas 110, 161
" Whit. John 536
Hilliard 282, 323, 441
Hines 190, 250, 295-8, 371
Hinson 386
Hinton 147, 292-5, 304-5
546
Index.
Hobson 284,409, 476
Hodges 403
Hoey 339
Hogan 279, 288
Hogge 449, 492
Holland 49-50
Holliday 304
Hollingsworth 167
Hollister 138
Holman 129
Holmes 96
Honour 157
Hooker 282
Hooks 290
Hooper 124, 489
Hopkins 267, 509
Hopson 395
Horah 237
Home 129
Howard 133, 237
Howze 163, 194-5, 249, 452
Hudgins 472
Hudson 19, 170, 406
Huff 237
Huger 68, 75, 85-8, 196
Hughes 255
Hughey 281
Hunt 100, 183, 473
Hunter... 190-1, 243-5-8, 271, 318
339-344, 466, 473
Hurt 261, 298, 302
Huston 486
Hyde 274-6
Hyman 532
I
Inge 471
Ingraham 45, 241
Irby 449, 450-4-6
Irvine 470
J
Jackson 176-181
James 367
Jarauta Padre 480
Jaudon 241
Jeffreys 284-7, 312-17-75
Jenkins 117, 167, 481
Jerman 47-8
Jernigan 258-9, 260
Jervey 48
Jewell 136
Johnson... 112, 128, 145, 214, 269
274-8, 280, 315-343-4
380-8, 408, 432, 517
Johnstone. . . .68, 70-1-2, 268, 289
502-7-10-1 1
Jolly 452
Jones, Alpheus 250, 282
" Alfred 283
11 Alston 283
" Britton 285-6-7
" Burwell 283
" Calvin 463
" Charles 454
' ' Edward 248
" Edmund 191
" Evan 283
' ' Frank 285-7, 298, 302
" George 326
" Henry 286, 290
" James 191, 250, 461
" James K 295
" John 282-7
" Joseph 454
" Kimbrough 288, 291
" Mark P 283
" Mathew.. 102,285-6,290-5
" Nath'l 274, 285-6
" Needham 282-9
" Ridley 286
" Robert....* 124
" Rush A 384
" Seth 274, 282
" Shugun 249
" Sidney 290
" Solomon 251, 272
" Thomas. . . .60, 289, 378, 434
460
" Tignal 285-7
Index.
547
Jones, Wm. A 28g
Jordan 109, 268, 277-8, 280-1
302, 393, 404
Jowett 130
Joyner 438, 442-3, 490
Joyce 508
K
Kay 239
Kearney Ill, 491-505
Keeler 214
Keith 70, 468
Kellum 386
Kenan 135
Kennedy 49, 467
Kennon 170
Kent 80, 378
Kilpatrick 486
Kimball 209
Kimbrough . 190, 286-7, 292-7, 418
Kinchen 516,522
King. .69, 91, 135, 246-7, 269, 274-8
281-9, 473, 506
Kingsland 129
Kirchham 350-1
Kirchland 135, 140
Kirchman 69, 463
Kitchen 121-3, 314
Kittrell 271, 526
Klepstein 48
Kolb 292
L
LaBas 39
LaBruce 67-90
Lackie 210
Ladson 84
Lane 522
Langdon 312, 319
Langham 20
Langhorn 97
Lassiter 463
Lawrence 282, 433, 481
Lavender 152 ,
Leake 221
Leach 347, 351
Lee 163-6-7, 226, 282
LeFleur 204, 238
Leland 48-9
Lemay 124
Lemon 21, 86, 221
Lenox * 72
Leonard 268
Lepline 45
Lespeyre 43
Lewis. ... 58, 35, 192, 299, 370, 418
436, 448
Lide 383
Lightfoot 118
Ligon 466
Lillington 361-9,476
Lilly 211, 228
Lindley 59
Lindsay 491
Linthicum 216
Lipscomb •. . 49
Lips^y 122
Litchford 128
Little 273
Littlejohn 14
Lobdell 216,219-20
Locke 70
Lockett 452
Lockhart 230, 396-8, 509
Lockwood 240
Logan 278
Loggins 386-7
London 181
Long. . . .160, 183, 256, 486, 494, 536
Loper 195
Loucks 218
Love 268, 270
Lovett 160
Loveless 338
Lovick 513
Lowery 379, 409
Lowndes 64
Louther 523
Loyd 59,91, 183, 282
Lucas 71,441, 478
548
Index.
Ludwell 97
Lukens 150
Lummus 401
Lumpkin 247
Lupton 41
Lynch 68, 73
Lyle 211
Lyon 163-5,212, 468
M
Maclin 189,313
Macon. . . .110, 112, 116, 120, 127-8
249, 274, 503-8
McBryde 14
McOalla 255
McCann 330
McCarty 268, 411-12
McCauly 303
McClelland 48
McClenehan 178
McCormick 452
McCoy 340
McCrady 74-5
McCrary 160, 281
McCreight 155
McCrindle 214
McCullars 285
McDonald 68, 281
McDowell 150,506
McEachin 353
McGara 231
McGill 134
McGinty 408
McGraw 144
McGwin 148
McGuire 156, 299
Mcllwain 118
Mcintosh 61
McLemore 322
McLeroy 14
McMillan 378
McPherson 79
McRea 437
Madacy 251
Mallory 171
Malone 362
Mangum 423-5
Mann 20, 468
Manson 404
Marable 480
Marion 41,42, 68
Marlin 243
Marshall . . .309, 315, 325, 337, 343
382, 385
Martin. . .14, 40, 169, 276, 279, 299
320, 323, 347, 356, 357, 509
Marvin 277
Maryman 394
Mason 82
Mass 170
Massenburg 288, 473
Massie 237, 278
Matheson 154, 162, 457
Mathews 213, 465
Maxwell 71, 197, 262
Mays 279,379, 388
Mayfield 357, 489
Mayrant 58
Mayo 101, 176, 229
Meade 22, 61, 104
Mebane 177
Medley 148
Mercer 243
Meroney, Henry.. 94, 103, 110, 145
Merritt 290, 300
Meriwether 384
Metcalf 224, 299
M'hoon 220, 255, 428
Michael 169
Mickle 241
Middleton 82
Miller.. 49, 215, 238, 268, 426-7, 444
Milling 242
Mills 72, 105, 222, 453
Minor .. 215
Miree 458
Mitchell 40, 42, 263, 295, 317
Mitchener 284
Monk 45
Montague 282
Index.
549
Montford .121, 313, 448, 487, 519
Montgomery. . . .275, 339, 315, 408
Mood 240
Moody 262
Moore . . 42, 51-2, 64, 104, 239, 240
276, 294, 329, 330
331,368,369, 418
Moorer 160
Morgan 146, 191
Morrall 45
Morris 338
Morse 174
Morton 59,277, 380
Moaeley 362-8, 48?
Moss 222, 262
Motte 73, 76, 320
Moxby 438
Mulford 331
Murphy 153
Murray 124
Mustin 85
Mutter 14
Myers 252
Myrick 189
N
Nabors 167
Napier 263
Neal 121
Neece 386
Neely 279
Nesh 279
Neuce 20
Newuold 69
Newell 120, 151
Newsome 151, 284
Nichols 87-9
Nicholson .20, 61, 271, 441, 478-481
Nisbet 79, 401
Nix 402
Nixon 366
Noah 226
Nolen 277
Norfleet 437-8, 440
Norris 386, 400
North 61
Norton 153-5-7, 175
Norwood 114, 404
Nowell 46
Nunkin 40
Nunn 291
Nye 261
O
Ogden 178
Oliver 256-7, 269, 301
O'Reily 200
Osborne 257
Ott 238
Overstreet 124-5
Owens 300, 334, 484-5
Oxford 477
P
Packard 498
Page 118,280, 443
Paine 270,425-6
Palfrey 221-4
Palin 98, 100
Palmer. . . .V^-89, 90, 110, 148, 490
Pamor 39
Parham 506
Parker 46, 94, 232, 462, 500-1
Parkerson 221-2
Parkes 212
Parmer 366
Parsons 507
Paschal 281
Patterson 291, 466, 472-7
Patton 473
Pawley 40, 68
Paxton 286
Percival 40
Peacock 263
Pearce 342, 469
Pearson 329-331
Peay 178
Peck 349
Peebles 275
Pegues 194, 347, 351-2-3, 450
8 455, 458
550
Index.
Pemberton 85
Penning 19
Percy 218
Perkins 154,323, 385
Perkinson 159
Perrie 209
Perry, Elijah 330, 446, 450-1
" Joshua 447
" Nathan 460-3
" Samuel. . .284, 440-7-8, 450-3
463-6
Person 445
Pesy 274
Peters 468
Pettit 59, 472
Petigru 60
Pettway 249, 446, 454-8
Petty 47
Peurifoy 256, 467
Phenny 513
Philips 180
Pickens : 232
Pickering 22
Pickett. . . .142-3-5, 294, 372,418-9
Pierce 316
Pilkinton 368
Pinckney 70
Pippin 152
Pitman 20, 197
Platen 100
Pleasants 325
Pledger s . 262, 447
Plowder 406
Plummer. . .112, 323, 466, 507, 509
511
Poe 183
Polk 273, 322, 463, 480
Pollard 250
Pollock 91, 430
Ponder 461
Poole 67
Pope 286, 443, 450
Porcher 87, 257
Porter 368-9
Potts 116
Powell 147,339, 469
Preston 490
Pretty 253
Prewitt 50
Price 282, 489
Pringle 64,71, 80
Prioleau 73
Prior 61
Pritchard 256, 436
Proctor. 43, 470
Prophit 416-7
Pruden 533
Pugh 432, 437-8, 444
Pullen 290
Pulliam 284
Purcell 383
Pyatt 44, 46
Pye 22
Pyron ' 278
R
Radwell 468
Raiford 419.
Ragland 427
Rainey 278-281
Randall 248
Randolph 143
Ransdell 335-8-9, 345
Ransom. . . 249, 321, 502, 510, 511
Ravenel 68, 232
Ralls 248
Ray 463
Raynor 322
Read..... 43, 84, 448-9
Reavis 466
Reedy 262
Reeks 456
Reese 300
Reeves 72, 331
Reid 135, 467
Respass 504
Ressler 262
Revear 190
Reynes 22
Reynolds 21, 173-4, 246-7
Index.
551
Rhodes.... 244, 299, 314, 340, 385
Richards 469
Rice 179
Richardson 389, 401
Riddick 146-7-8
Ridgeway 402
Ridley 274-5, 296, 486
Rives 148, 473
Rivers 499
Roach 485
Roche 42
Roberts 369, 379, 417
Robertson 261, 393
Robinson. . . .64, 100, 380, 418, 419
421, 453
Robson 300
Rochelle 167
Rogers 51, 341
Rosser 252
Rothmaller 68
Roundtree 304
Routh 226
Rowland 244
Rucker 207, 237
Rudisill 256
Ruffin 382, 423-4
Russell 408, 472
Rutledge 86
Ryalls 403
St. John 21
S
Saddler 100
Sales 401
Salisbury 226
Sanders 49, 82, 151-2-3, 268
389, 395, 450
Saunders 39, 241
Sanford 277, 344
Scales 269, 279, 471, 481
Scott 235, 344, 372, 421
Seabrook 378
Searin 493
Seawell 249, 322, 400, 507-8
Seile 23
Selby 22, 121
Sellars 377
Seward 93
Shackelford' 248
Sharp 370
Shearin 127
Sheftal 134
Shell 127-9, 153-9
Shepard 418
Sherlock 362
Sherrod 264, 364
Sherwood - 100
Shields 163, 378, 449, 490
Shoemaker 472
Shubrick 73
Shugun 249
Siddons 263
Sills 154,461, 473
Simons 40, 42, 43,51
Simonton 86
Sims 261
Simpson 396-9
Singleton 46
Skelton 251
Skidmore 256
Skillman 225-6
Skinner 117, 131
Slade 435
Sledge 243
Smallwood 440
Smith 39, 50, 76, 83-5, 86, 99
129, 195, 221-2-3, 246, 414
415, 417, 442, 490, 532
Smotherman 277
Snellings 407
Snickers 286
Snodgrass 226
Snow 493
Soame 24
Solomon 329, 331
Somerville.295, 311, 322, 492, 498-9
511
Sondidge 255
Sparkman 278
Speed 241, 249,326-7
552
Index.
Spell 167
Spencer 237
Spier 154
Spiiler 354
Spinks 378, 388
Spivey 313
Sprague 442
Springer 502
Spurlin 165
Stafford 226, 416
Stamper 450
Stanford 243
Stanley 460
Starbuch 282
Steadman 146
Stegall 141
Steiner ; 84
Stephens 257
tevens 49
Stewart 215, 286, 327, 330
Stillwell 248
Stinnett 338
Stirling, Alex 202-9-10
" Jas 211
" John 211
" Lewis 210,216, 220
" RuffinG....211,217,220, 225
" Stephen 225
" Wm 210, 221
Stith 172
Stockard 267
Stoddard 251
Stone 106
Stonecypher 399
Story 69
Stovall 301
Stratton 449
Strother 140
Stubbs 241
Stunecken 59
Sullivan 346
Sumner 369, 230
Sunderland 12
Sutherland 170, 274, 423, 461
Sutton 109
Swann 368
Swanzy 276
Sydnoe 47, 48, 49
Symes 109
Symons 25,97, 233
T
Tabb 382-3, 507-8, 510
Talley 158
Tanner 337, 340-1-2-3-4
Tarrent 246
Tarver 238, 260
Tarwater 127
Tate 231, 247, 270, 376, 424
Tatnall 136
Tayloe 166,269,323
Taylor. .149, 178, 312-3-5-6, 354, 524
Temple 21, 110, 139
Tennant 239
Terrell 334-5-7-8
Terry 299, 419
Texada 335
Tharrington 459
Thayer 58
Thomas 117, 127, 150-3, 168
277, 330
Thompson . 24, 42, 72, 81, 216, 231
295, 341, 358-9, 396-9, 400
432-3-5-6-8, 478, 484, 524
Thome 326, 474-5-7-8-480
Thornton 241, 490, 507, 511
Thorpe 318, 325
Thweatt...... 47
Tillery 122, 482
Tilling 496
Todd 419
Toole 470
Torrence 420-2
Townes 243, 477
Toxie 290
Trapier 46, 84
Trimble 262
Trippe 333
Trotman 144
Trotter 137
Index.
553
Treutlen 268
Trumbull 24
Tucker 60, 268, 337, 341, 490
Tule 152
Tulles 279, 282
Tunstall . . .438, 445, 472, 473, 474
Turges 39
Turman 405
Turnbull 268, 509
Turner 90, 170, 287, 473
Twitty 469
Tyler 444
Tyrrell 107
U
TJlmer 194
Upshur 128
Upton 219,439, 440
Ux 4 uhart 437-9
V
Vanderhorst 52, 64
Vanderslice 278
VanHoose 356-7
'-Vaughan. . . .163-8-9, 378, 380, 394
Vedder 85
Verdee 421
Vernon 315, 336
Videau 43
Vincent 435
Villeponteaux 52
W
Waddell 267, 376
Waite 197
Walker . . . .137, 170, 368, 393, 395
Wallis 26, 95, 97
Walthall 333
Walton 147
Wann 119
Ward 195,302,312, 319
Ware 178
Waring 85-6
Warnock 88-9, 90
Warren 288-9, 294-5 351
Waties 69,232
Watkins 169, 262
Watson 243, 371, 444
Watts 161
Webber 174-5-6
Webb 71, 274, 324, 396, 466
Weber 319
Weems 338, 343-5
Weir : 194
Wells. 21, 24, 48, 203-9, 337, 341-3
Welsh 331
Wescomb 20
West 19, 99, 276, 409, 412, 413
414, 415
Westbrook 279
Westcott 382
Weston 61
Wetmore 46
Wheaton 287
Wheeler 15
Whitaker 284, 288, 290, 433
White .... 44, 45, 47, 135, 169, 180
267-9, 387, 423, 463, 510
Whitehouse 42
Whitfield 283, 464-5
Whitlock 27
Whitmel 430
Whitt 406
Whitworth 387-8
Wiggins 132, 431, 482
Wilcox. .117, 149, 153, 160-1, 241-2
Wilkins 381,449
Wilkinson 89, 269
Williams, Arch'd. . . .358, 453, 461
" Arthur 109
" Austin B 444
" Ben A. A 444
41 Buxton B 328, 467
" Chas. C 444
" Dallas 463
" Edward 461
•' Edwin 48
'■ Effie 49
■*' Elisha 482
" Francis G 459
" Hampden S 435, 443
" Harry Guston 467
" Henry 433,501
554
Index.
Williams, Henry A 444
" Henry F 444
" Henry G . 438, 445-6, 453, 468
' ' Hezekiah T 435
" James 309, 461
" James H 467
" J. C 246
" John : 453
" John A 311,468,470-3
" John B . . . 441-6, 459, 467, 481
" John D. 432
" JohnP 434,443, 472
<; Jonas C 459, 469
" Jos. John 307-9, 332, 432
460-4, 477, 482
" Lewis A 432-3,491
" Lewis D 435
" Lewis N 461
" Mark L 459
" Nathaniel A 194, 463
" Nicholas A 461
" Philip K 358,463
" Pugh L. M 444
" Robert 281,464
" Robert E 461, 504
" Robert G 473
" Robert K 317
" Romeo 467
" Robert L 461
<l Robert W 358, 460
. " Samuel., 95,311, 429
431-2-5, 445, 453, 469
" Samuel A 273, 469, 486
" Samuel D 436-8,443
" Sidney 151
" Simmons B 445
" Sol. Pugh 444
" Solomon 346, 445-6, 453,
460-3-7-8
" Thomas 492, 463
" Thomas A 472
" Thomas B 47, 467
" Thomas 482-3. .
" Thomas T 436,444
" Walter 463
*»-1 ft 6.
Williams, Whitmel K 461
" William. . . .310, 329, 332, 346
431-8,445,460-1,477,483,491
" William A 472-3
' ' William H 447, 460-6
" William K. A 358, 434
" William P 467, 470
" WilliamT 446
" William Whit 438, 444
" Willie 463
Williamson 271 , 380, 421
Willis 511
Wilson. . . .57, 58, 59, 60, 79, 92, 94
95, 110, 164, 275, 285, 420
Wimbish 210
Wingate 455
Winn 402-231
Winter 268. -125
Wiseman 21
Withers 71
Witherspoon 164-6
Woods 46, 139, 142-3. 268, 278
369, 433, 463
Woolf e 166
Woolfork 231
Wooten 388
Workman 100
Worth 179
Worsham 179, 332
Wolstenholme 22
Wragg 136
Wray 171
Wright .... 110, 117, 149, 158, 303
Wyatt 322, 346, 419, 420
Wyche 114, 442
Wynns 491
Y
Yancey 292, 373
Yarboro. . . .262, 324, 447, 467, 500
Yeadon 68
Yeamans 52
Yeargan 148, 298, 302
Yonge 263
Young 14, 42, 43, 51, 57, 208
215, 267, 433
Yuille 388
Z
Zollickoffer 443
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